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Originally Posted by golfing eagles
If the question remains why most doctors will not accept cash patients, the answer has nothing to do with security, word games or ignorance. You either have to demand payment in advance, which just goes against our professional grain, or ask afterwards, when you get a million excuses and then have to try to collect later.
Our collection rate on insured and Medicare patients was about 96%, on cash patients about 29%.
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???????????? I was replying to someones elses comment. You missed the point. But, what do YOU think should be done with healthcare? Nothing? It seems that being a doctor is like any other business. Maybe I sound heartless but I would require all payment up front.