http://www.aapsonline.org/newsoftheday/00941 from the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons Thu, 07 Apr 2011 16:47:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.aapsonline.org/newsoftheday/00941#comment-4716 Opting Out of the Third Party System Will Save The Doctor-Patient Relationship | AAPP.org Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:22:56 +0000 http://www.aapsonline.org/newsoftheday/?p=941#comment-4716 [...] The immediate objection to opting out is that not everyone can afford to pay at time of service.  The same argument could be made for dental and legal care (Note the absence of crises in the delivery of cosmetic surgery, dental, veterinary, and legal care—all outside third party systems).   We have simply become accustomed to having “someone else” pay (see “A Right to Healthcare? Wrong!”). [...] [...] The immediate objection to opting out is that not everyone can afford to pay at time of service.  The same argument could be made for dental and legal care (Note the absence of crises in the delivery of cosmetic surgery, dental, veterinary, and legal care—all outside third party systems).   We have simply become accustomed to having “someone else” pay (see “A Right to Healthcare? Wrong!”). [...]

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