Lets be fair to doctors, they spend a lot of time and money to get their degree and they deserve to recoup that effort. My dad was a Family practitioner and his sliding scale included produce and barter.
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About 8 years ago, he was paying $1.25 million a year for mal-practice insurance.
Well there's one way to reduce costs right there, here we can't sue a doctor unless they are running their own practice. Therefore they won't have to fatten the insurance compainies' wallets.