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bitterross

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5. "...acupuncturists were paid an average of $377..." Click-bait Title by ProPublica.

Thu Dec 19, 2019, 03:16 PM

Dec 2019

Seems the person who wrote the title didn't read the article very carefully. The author of article isn't always the person who puts the title on the article.

I have no idea what an acupuncturist normally charges. $377 for an office visit to any kind of professional these days doesn't seem too out of the ordinary though. Well, it's absurd, but no more so than a visit to any type of medical or medical-related practitioner beyond a GP.

I don't understand how this got to this place to begin with. Most insurance pays the UCR - usual, customary and reasonable. If they don't have that clause in their plans I'm very surprised. If they're not enforcing that, it's on them.

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What Happens When a Health Plan Has No Limits? An Acupuncturist Earns $677 a Session. [View all] TexasTowelie Dec 2019 OP

Yikes! Faux pas Dec 2019 #1

My acupuncturist just pins me on Instagram. Beakybird Dec 2019 #2

I got a feeling that this health plan won't be around for very much longer...nt SWBTATTReg Dec 2019 #3

That should Disaffected Dec 2019 #4

"...acupuncturists were paid an average of $377..." Click-bait Title by ProPublica. bitterross Dec 2019 #5

To a certain extent, almost every title that is on the Internet can be considered to be TexasTowelie Dec 2019 #6