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[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But with how medicine works (in the US) it’s the how clinics make enough money to stay open.

This is the truth. PCP offices in particular have razor-thin margins and insurance reimbursement goes down every year while supply, fixed, and staff costs go up every year. This is an insurance industry and healthcare system problem. Your doctors' offices are just doing everything they can to stay open.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Fortunately CMS is rethinking the role of primary care and realizing we can save money if we're able to provide high quality preventive care like we're supposed to. PCP service payments (RVUs) are up 18% since 2020 which has been a long time coming. Unfortunately physician pay is down vs inflation over the last few decades but thank Christ administration salaries are way, way up over the same timeframe.