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    Sharyl Attkisson‏Verified account @SharylAttkisson Feb 9

    Sharyl Attkisson Retweeted Full Measure News

    We found millions of Americans & their doctors going around the traditional health insurance system for non-insurance health care that they say is cheaper and better. Watch Sunday's @FullMeasureNewshttps://twitter.com/FullMeasureNews/status/962083752116674560 …

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    Full Measure NewsVerified account @FullMeasureNews
    Can’t afford healthcare? Many Americans can’t. Sunday on Full Measure, our look at some alternatives in health care. pic.twitter.com/J0tqIhlMmH
    4:27 PM - 9 Feb 2018
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      1. Vatsal G. Thakkar MD‏ @VatsalThakkarMD Feb 10
        Replying to @EvrythingsaNail @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        My back MRI was $525. But only after I was offered the chance to do my own “MD to MD” pre-auth to get it approved:https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/opinion/sunday/the-illicit-perks-of-the-md-club.html …

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      1. Dr. Shane‏ @docshanep Feb 10
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        #DirectPrimaryCare is the patient centered low cost and transparent way to provide family medical care. Unlimited visits for $50-75 a month including phone visits, video visits and texting or emailing your doc. No Co-pays ever.

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      1. Elliott Spencer‏ @wooknponub Feb 9
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        This is how it used to be done. Insurance has become a political tool, but they renamed it 'Health Care'. It used to be for tragic things, just like all other insurance. now it is needed just to get a checkup. Try to get major surgery done by paying cash. They don't know how.

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      1. D. Vann‏ @realdarrellvann Feb 9
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        Most people will find a way around totalitarian policies of a government. Particularly Americans.

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      2. MuseumTwenty‏ @MuseumTwenty Feb 9
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        Used to be that individual State Governments offered "High-Risk" Health Insurance to the uninsurable. This system worked well, but was destroyed by Obamacare. These should have been the "mandatory" coverage for the uninsured. And could be again. Read: http://www.commonwealthfund.org/usr_doc/achman_uninsurable_472.pdf …

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      1.  🇨🇱 🇺🇸Storme 🇺🇸 🇨🇱‏ @stormestone Feb 9
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        My Dr does cash price since she doesn't take Obamacare. It's horrible and way to costly for nothing.

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      1. We Are All Trolling  🤨‏ @WeGovernUSA Feb 9
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        Yup. I’ve paid my doc out of pocket for years at a big discount. So do most of his patients. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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      1. Vintageport‏ @vintageport014 Feb 10
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @kksheld @FullMeasureNews

        Time was, and not so long ago, the smart strategy was to buy an affordable catastrophic policy and then pay all office visits out of pocket. 99% of Americans would save money. Hope to return to that level of sanity.

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      2. James In Texas‏ @JamesTheTexian Feb 9
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        My parents carried Major Medical insurance and paid cash for visits to the doctors' office.

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      1. Martin O'Brien  ☘️ 🥃‏ @bmartinbb Feb 9
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        American ingenuity will outsmart the brain dead bureaucrats every time. Until the bureaucrats figure out whats going on and confiscate the next wave of medical entrepreneurs.

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      1.  🇺🇸 ♱ Mr. Will ♱  🇺🇸‏ @Dudeteronomy Feb 9
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        My doctor took cash when I didn’t have insurance. It was so much cheaper on the doctor and for me.

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      2. jane says‏ @justjanedoee Feb 9
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        I pay out of pocket to my Dr.'s and they send the Super Bill to my insurance. I get a a portion back (about half) from insurance company. Beverly Hills, Santa Monica Dr.'s do this a lot. They call it "Boutique Practices"

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      3. Susan Williams‏ @SusanWi31620743 Feb 9
        Replying to @justjanedoee @justjudee and

        Do get discount for paying cash?

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      4. jane says‏ @justjanedoee Feb 9
        Replying to @SusanWi31620743 @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        No I pay about $220 a visit

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      1. Charles Beauchamp‏ @DrBeauchamp Feb 10
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        Restoration of the price function is the only way to stabilize and decrease healthcare costs. Health insurance costs would decrease simultaneously. #HealthInsuranceisnothealthcare

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      1. Deplorable Dreg JT  🇺🇸 ✝️‏ @JTStover Feb 9
        Replying to @SharylAttkisson @FullMeasureNews

        I pay as I go. Much better return on my health care dollars. Most doctors, etc., have a cash price which is much, much less than what they would charge insurance companies. My prescriptions are filled at Costco for about what the co-pay would be if I bought insurance.

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