Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue America’s Healthcare
This is available in theaters in select cities and also on pay-per-view. We watched in our own home for only $5.99. It was so worthwhile.
Doctors are paid for the number of patients they see and the number of procedures they perform. If they spend 5 minutes with the patient and then put in at stent, they get paid about $1,500. If they want to spend 45 minutes with a patient to try to find out what their true problem is, they’d get paid about $15. It’s a completely irrational system. There is one hospital mentioned in the film that pays their doctors a salary, so they’re not pushing unwarranted procedures on patients: The Cleveland Clinic.
Please take the time to watch, so you are in the know when you or your loved ones go to the doctor.