A $1,775 Doctor's Visit Cost About $350 in Maryland. Here's Why.

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2. It's a vicious cycle

Insurance companies control reimbursements, often with very tight holds on what they're willing to pay out for procedures and visits; doctors offices and hospitals are forced to increase what they are asking for from insurance companies in order to pay they're own bills : staff, overhead, etc, and in the process must take on more patients which limits quality of interactions with patients which leads to poor care and potentially more frequent complications. This cycle repeats every day in the healthcare world and it's the patient who ultimately suffers the consequences.