Re: [FRIAM] [EXTERNAL] Re: Old Folks Only: Medicare & Plan F

2012-04-24 Thread glen
We have a patient/physician co-op, here. It was apparently modeled off the one in Houston, TX. http://www.ppcpdxcoop.org/ The general site is here: http://www.patientphysiciancoop.com/ My worry is that we have so few MDs on the list here in PDX. There seem to be a lot more in Houston. I am

Re: [FRIAM] [EXTERNAL] Re: Old Folks Only: Medicare & Plan F

2012-04-23 Thread Parks, Raymond
I like the idea of returning to the way we were before WWII and the wage freeze - paying the doctor what he needs, possibly through a retainer relationship. There was a doctor in NYC who tried to set up a business model where his patients paid him $70 per month (he calculated that amount based o