A doctor who won't take any insurance or Medicare? Yank their license, plus imprisonment.

[Daemonaquila]

24. You are wrong about insurance, but not Medicare.

I ran a medical office. Anyone who won't take traditional Medicare is a greedy ass. We had to ensure a balance of patients to counter a few areas where they paid poorly, but traditional Medicare is actually a pretty good payer overall.

However, don't talk smack about docs who won't accept certain HMO plans. The docs who do have to sign insane contracts, and may face financial penalties if the actually provide care. A while back, a whole town full of docs decided to be the great hand of the marketplace and boycott certain insurers. They lost, but they were right. If you don't like crap care, and you don't like sharing your doc's time with 44 other patients that day, blame an HMO near you. They're the scum of the earth. Look up how much they spend on overhead vs. care, sometime, and you'll get the picture.