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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
As much as I've been a fan of this idea because of the people that over use especially in the emergency room where Johnny has a boo boo.
I tend to believe that this will chase lower income people away from visiting their doctor because its an un-budgeted expense.
Some people if they have to choose between a $20.00 visitation fee and putting gas in their car so they can go to work are going to choose the latter.
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A 500$ yearly fee is a lot of gas. A per use fee would be much less for almost everybody, and go a long way toward curbing misuse of the system. If people would stop going to the doctor for their monthly checkup, the lesser burden on the system would save us a boatload of money. Simply exclude people under the age of 5 and over the age of 65.