• Mickey7@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 days ago

    Agree with your comment. Most medical practices are OWNED by a hospital system. The doctor is just an employee being directed to follow a patient schedule that they did not set up

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      2 days ago

      Yeah the EMR and data driven quality requirements of Obamacare made it almost impossible for a single doctor practice. The costs are just too high.

      Add in hospitals wanting a feeder network of patients that can be directed to “their” hospital.

      And you have hospitals gobbling up every practice they could in the 2010s.