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Originally Posted by Hancle704
I don't think it's about personal responsibility.
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That's right, it's not. But I can dream, can't I?
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Rather I think it will be about personal financial ability to pay up front in order to buy into the program. How else would these Marcus Welby-like doctors be able to receive the generous salaries mentioned in the Daily Sun?
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I heard that Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO's) receive something like $700. per month to take care of each person. That's $8,400 per year. It may be more than that today. If the Villages plan is not an HMO, I would think they need to make up that money in some other way. So perhaps it may be as you suggest. Only time will tell.
Note: I was told that the new centers would serve less patients per hour but would make up for it, financially, by providing less duplication (i.e., less testing and other proceedures). That makes sense for an HMO. If you get X amount of Medicare money per month (per person), the less testing you do, the more money you get to keep. Otherwise, if the centers are not HMOs, I don't see how they can make any money by providing less testing.