Many have commented on my laments at the difficulty of practicing primary care in the US.  One of the recurrent themes centers around whether or not physicians should just stop accepting insurance altogether.
One reader commented:
For me, the doctors I see most frequently simply don’t take insurance. Less office staff, more doctor time. I pay [...]

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The comments on my recent post Fighting Chaos are some of the most interesting ones I have had.  One which particularly sparked my thoughts (not an easy thing to do, mind you) was one that compared being a physician to being a barber.  It states:
I’m a licensed barber. Does this mean I get to give [...]

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I kind of figured that I would not get much disagreement with my previous post (at least from patients).  It is easy for me to criticize my own profession and feel fairly safe, but turning the spotlight on patients makes is riskier.
My purpose in writing these posts is to get both sides looking at things [...]

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