Patient Power

Stossel - Sick in America, Part 6

Continued from Part 5.

Topics:

• Competition has begun to improve America’s health care. Example, laser eye surgeons, cosmetic surgeons.  Costs decreases, quality increases.  Patients pay doctors directly.
• Medical clinics staffed by nurse practioners.  Inexpensive routine care.  E.g., RediClinic, MinuteClinic.
• Doctors who do not accept insurance.  E.g., Patmos EmergiClinic.   Uninsured patients save money, providers keep costs down.  Here’s their price list.
• 30 seconds about an Elvis special (had to warn you.)

• Still waiting for medical care in Massachusetts
• High marks for retail medical clinics
• Stossel - Sick in America, Part 5
• Health Reform
• Stossel, Sick in America, Part 2