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You mean the old system, when my copays were $20 instead of $100, and when my deductible was $500 instead of $2,000?
Yes, I miss that system, and I'm fortunate to be able to afford it. This is KILLING a lot of middle-class and poor Americans right now, who aren't taking their kids to the doctor because they don't have the $100.
Not to mention, overall rates are skyrocketing, and people can't see their doctors in many cases.
Yeah, this is just great.
I often wonder what ever happened to the 'HMO model'? When our kids were younger, and we lived in Maryland, we had Kaiser HMO through my wife's work....It was great! Office visits were $5, and prescriptions were $10 no matter what they were. Diagnostic services like X-ray, lab, MRI etc. were on site, and included with the office visit.
I thought that was the future of Medicine, and when she lost that plan, (too expensive for the business) we had to go back to the traditional 80/20 plan....That hurt.