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In reply to the discussion: Doctor Visits Dropping, New Census Figures Show [View all]customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)5. Good point
You can find reliable medical information online that it would have taken hours of digging at a library to obtain. The information revolution is bound to affect every area of our lifestyle, why wouldn't the number of physician visits be among them, especially as access gets harder to come by for a variety of reasons?
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Maybe sitting there for hours, then getting a couple minutes of time and a bill for hundreds has
bemildred
Oct 2012
#13
Also, health care people are knowledge workers, so vulnerable to the internet.
bemildred
Oct 2012
#14
The system is broken. Less income, higher costs, coupled with inability for docs to be able to do
uppityperson
Oct 2012
#21
the reason, plain and simple: more people like me buying high deductible insurance that doesn't pay
wordpix
Oct 2012
#31
That's because their hours are 9a - 3p and I work from 7a - 5p over 2 hours away!
Paula Sims
Oct 2012
#34
No insurance, can't afford it; have insurance but premiums so high can't afford
kestrel91316
Oct 2012
#36
Most people I know can't afford to see the dentist unless there really is a problem.
Third Doctor
Oct 2012
#37
"I've seen a few Doctors schedule unneeded appointments in order to get more insurance money also."
Shitty Mitty
Oct 2012
#54