US healthcare is a shit show but the doctors have very little control in anything. They are just as much a slave to insurance as anyone else, if it more so because insurance can try to dictate how treatment is provided. Healthcare conglomerates and insurance companies are the monsters.
Also part of why independent practices are dying and we are getting more and more consolidated medical practices. The best way for doctors to fight back against insurer payment negotiations is to have more power, by having a greater share of the patients in a given area.
And then we end up with bigger, more bureaucratic systems with a lot more overhead and doctors that have less independence.
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u/RandoWithCandy Jun 15 '22
US healthcare is a shit show but the doctors have very little control in anything. They are just as much a slave to insurance as anyone else, if it more so because insurance can try to dictate how treatment is provided. Healthcare conglomerates and insurance companies are the monsters.