When The Doctor Works For The Insurance Company
Senate Passes Insurance Industry Aid Bill by Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com
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Audio for this story from Morning Edition will be available at approximately 9:00 a.m. ET. Some insurance companies are taking a page out of their own history books: running their own doctors' offices and clinics. Though the strategy previously had mixed results, insurers think that by providing primary care for patients, they might reduce costly diseases and hospital stays in the long run. Dr. Michael Byrne spent eight years working for a Brooklyn hospital and he saw firsthand why the United States spends more on healthcare than any other country in the world. "I would regularly see patients who were admitted to the hospital, I took care of, who got better and we'd discharge with plan of care," he said. "And they'd come back either to the E.R. sick or to the floor.
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Dr. Michael Byrne
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| 0.112435 | "I would regularly see patients who were admitted to the hospital, I took care of, who got better and we'd discharge with plan of care," he said. ... |
| -0.210775 | "I would regularly see patients who were admitted to the hospital, I took care of, who got better and we'd discharge with plan of care," he said. "And they'd come back either to the E.R. sick or to the floor. It's a common occurrence." |
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Anthony Schlaff
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| 0 | "Where it doesn't work is where there aren't protections against skimping on care," he said. |
| -0.0100964 | "Where it doesn't work is where there aren't protections against skimping on care," he said. "If the insurer and the provider are one and the same organization, then how does the public know that the company isn't staying in business by collecting money and then not giving the care it should be giving?" |
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David Benavides
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| 0 | "Actually, I go once a month," he said. ... |
| 0.107899 | "Actually, I go once a month," he said. "And I feel better and better, like I got the power to do what I want to do." |
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Big insurance companies are opening their own doctors' offices and clinics — a strategy that has previously met with mixed results.
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When The Doctor Works For The Insurance Company
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