Hello! In this post I will be commenting on a blog post featured on Texas Monthly, "Doctors, Patients Need to Talk About Care Costs".
In this entry it is discussed how often doctors and patients rarely discuss the cost of health care. Much like medical students, or even students with other degrees, don't discuss with their professor whether they can afford to take their classes. It is kind of an unspoken thing exists, but no one feels they should bring up because there doesn't seem to be anything that can be done about it. Paying for health care and insurance has been a top concern for any American, and is going to become even more so with the new administration that is likely going to cause health care deductibles to continue growing. With this being said, I agree with the blog completely in that physicians need to keep this in mind when helping their patients. With the number one health problem being the health costs, doctors should look for their patients best interest by looking for the most cost effective solutions and giving their patients access to resources to find these solutions. While deductible costs seem to be out of the hands of doctors, answers that could help their patients financially are not.
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