Real Doc Speaks
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A Patient-focused physician, speaks out on health issues to clarify complexities, expose middlemen, and explore the future of medicine. NOT medical advice
Joined November 2023
NC HB 67 comments:.It takes approximately five years to obtain a MD degree in:.• China.• India.• Pakistan. In the US, it takes a minimum of eight years; however, the duration can be longer, as students often don't get accepted the first time and are required to perform.
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RT @pgipe: @realdocspeaks Our echos are $250. The hospitals are nearly $2000. The machines still cost 150K and labor is still 75K-so the an….
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This is a great analogy and is why we need competition and a free market.
@realdocspeaks An echo is decades old technology. It would be like paying $500 to trade one stock today.
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Long-Term Care Insurance Causes Long-Term Stress .This is a disturbing tale of one family's years-long quest to get coverage for a long-term care Policy from John Hancock. The family followed the rules, and it was still very difficult to get access to the.
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I had posted this earlier with questions about the applicants' passing USMLE steps 1 and 2. Dr. Campbell discussed this at the 3-minute mark and mentioned that two attorneys gave an opinion that the bill would require the applicants to pass Steps 1 and 2.
8/24 Sunday Update: Medicaid Negotiations, H67 update, veto overrides, and new appointments.
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The other confusing part of the bill is that section 3 states that the applicant must have completed 130 weeks at a medical school listed in the World Dictionary of Medical Schools and is eligible to be certified by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates.
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RT @SloanRachmuth: @MargoinWNC @realdocspeaks @FiveMinWithMike That’s right. STOP the law. STOP IT NOW.
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It is time to end this travesty of a program.
Occasionally I'll read something that is so contrary to my own perception that I'll find myself questioning reality. This American Hospital Association piece about 340B is one of those. This is a masterclass in gaslighting. Here the profiteers are masking themselves as
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House bill 67 is the opposite of America first. The bill clearly lists stringent requirements for US physicians in part 1 and then has very lax requirements for IMGs. US physicians must pass the USMLE, and have completed a US residency with board certification. The IMGs aren’t.
DEMOCRATS ARE BIG MAD OVER H67 .Here is what I see: .Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” and North Carolina’s House Bill 67 (H67) are working in tandem to reshape healthcare in the state particularly in rural areas. The federal law slashes $1 trillion from Medicaid, with.
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What you perceive as bias is concern for the health and well being of the good people of NC.
@realdocspeaks That is not accurate. You need to check your bias. In North Carolina, technical corrections bills are a standard legislative tool used to address errors, ambiguities, or unintended consequences in laws after they've been enacted. These bills are typically introduced by the.
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It is unacceptable to pass a bill without fully understanding the affects. The man is a physician and fully understands the ramifications of the bill.
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This is a huge expansion of the criminal probe into UNH. The coverage by @wsj and @statnews was very detailed and damning for @UNH. The problem is that this puts the @DOJCrimDiv in a delicate position. UNH is very powerful and has many friends in the government, but in the.
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It isn’t that obesity runs in your family, it is because nobody runs in your family!.
So, why were there far fewer fat people in the 70s?. These elite "experts" cannot be trusted. They aren't critical thinkers.
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Physicians shouldn’t use EHRs as they turn us into data entry clerks, waste our time and burn us out. If the 250,000 independent physicians were organized this would not occur.
Increasing the click burden is one way hospitals exert control over doctors. It’s an explicit statement that they don’t value your time and your input won’t be sought. Then the process for removing clicks is sufficiently onerous that doctors give up and stop trying for.
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RT @DutchRojas: There are 250,000 independent physicians in America. If they collaborated under one platform, they wouldn’t beg for change….
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The real solution is to remove the insurance companies out of the equation and have the patients pay cash for services such as echos. This would drive he price down and the practice would benefit from immediate cash flow and minimal administrative costs. The ACA mandated.
The health plans have definitely ramped up their denials, downcoding and/or pre payment reviews and it appears to be hitting every specialty. Could it be tied to the fact that the plans are collectively having the worst $ performance in nearly 10 yrs? @UHC stock cut in half,.
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RT @DrPlantel: Oh Mark… crapping on the very doctors who actually do the hard work in the healthcare system again? 🙄 Classic move. Of cours….
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