A dysfunctional system
what insurance does
Insurance should be your safety net, covering expenses that you can't afford when you pay a small proportion into the system on a regular basis. Instead the insurance companies have become multi-billion dollar walls that block the insured person from getting good health care.
what insurance does not do
Insurance does not create a place where you can sit down and have a good conversation with your provider and create an effective plan of care. Medicare and Medicaid have never covered the costs of the visits, and now commercial insurance has gotten to the same place.
why do we take insurance?
Well, it is just not fair to have to pay all that money every month and not get anything for it, and, both you and our office have committed to using that ineffective go between. Until something else comes along.