• eestileib@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Look at Kaiser; they run a vertically integrated shop. They’re fanatical about

    • not paying for any elective treatments even if it would improve quality of

    • preventive care to cover all the diseases they’re legally required to cover

    • minimizing org-to-org friction

    • using the cheapest means of communication whenever possible (text > video >> in-person)

    I never had my blood pressure and lab work more scrutinized, never had more help offered to lose weight, etc, than when I was a KP patient.

    Turns out I have special medical needs and there is a specialist clinic near me, so I switched insurance. But I always felt that my doctor wanted to keep my ass out of the hospital because that is where his bonus came from.

    Now SURGEONS, that’s a different story.

    • mob@sopuli.xyz
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      1 year ago

      So, some doctors suck, some don’t?

      Bet you can apply that logic across the board to all walks of life tbh. Some landlords are dickheads, some are just other people trying to get by.

      and I say that with a dickhead landlord