Article at The Blaze

[gmc]

Glenn Beck's opinion site

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/why-...del-not-ready/

[drk]

Tell you why:
1. It's regulated by the government
2. It's heavily influenced by third party payers
3. There is a premium on health care education, training, certification
4. There's no OUTRAGEOUSLY EXPENSIVE DATA PLANS THAT REALLY MAKE THE MONEY.

Stupid people everywhere I turn, these days.

[Wes]

Stupid people everywhere I turn, these days.

Isn't that the truth...

[Barry Santini]

Some interesting comparisons:

Average Cable TV bill in 2010 (Does NOT include internet access) $75/mo = $900 paid in advance, for ONE year
Average Cellphone bill in 2010 $50/m0 = $600 paid in advance, for ONE year
Coffee every am, 5 days a week = $1.25/per day = $312.50 per year

Extrapolated to 2 years - average recall between exams:

Cable = $1800.00
Cellphone = $1200.00
Coffee = $625.00

Eyewear, used all day, and in seeing the above, for 2 years - A BARGAIN!

It's all about the fact that we need to find a way to make micro-payments out of eyewear. Yeah, care credit may be good too.

We need other options.

B

[anthonyf1509]

Some interesting comparisons:

Average Cable TV bill in 2010 (Does NOT include internet access) $75/mo = $900 paid in advance, for ONE year
Average Cellphone bill in 2010 $50/m0 = $600 paid in advance, for ONE year
Coffee every am, 5 days a week = $1.25/per day = $312.50 per year

Extrapolated to 2 years - average recall between exams:

Cable = $1800.00
Cellphone = $1200.00
Coffee = $625.00

Eyewear, used all day, and in seeing the above, for 2 years - A BARGAIN!

It's all about the fact that we need to find a way to make micro-payments out of eyewear. Yeah, care credit may be good too.

We need other options.

B

Excellent

Care Credit helps in situations where they can't she'll it all out, but we go from 1.5% to 3.62% ..... But we make it clear they are allowed to use Care Credit but all other previous sales don't apply.
Simply by being only office to accept CC within 25 mile radius has generated happier / more patients.
Higher fees are still better than managed care discounts.