Patients Aren’t Payers

February 16, 2017 | backuspayne | Medical

MEDICAL-LIABILITY UPDATE: “…The root of the problem is that patients aren’t payers…the consumer pays only 12% of the total healthcare bill…no incentive…for either the provider or the consumer to be cost-effective.” J Singer MD / Cato

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