Matthew Abendroth, DO

Reversible + Prevalent + Silent + Often Unknown to the Patient = a strong case for screening Fibroscan #MASLD #MASH

@DutchRojas @realdocspeaks Do Inhave this about right?

It is a racket for sure, but to be clear, the insurance companies do pay out a lot. The thing is, they want to. They collect far more than they pay out and are incentivized to pay out more and more (to a limit) because then they are allowed to raise premiums (to an annual limit). That’s how the law is written. That’s why it’s a racket, in cahoots with health systems. The health systems are happy to raise the prices for the insurance companies, because Medicare and Medicaid don’t pay enough, and the insurance companies appreciate it because more than half the time they aren’t even the ones footing the bill (for self insured companies for whom they manage the plan but don’t pay the bills, just take a cut) and even when they do have to pay the bills themselves, it serves to justify raising the premiums the next year. They carefully control the rate of increased spending so that they don’t overshoot the govt mandated limit to the rate of premium growth.

Did you know that radiation exposure can be expressed in terms of Banana Equivalent Dose — BED? 🍌☢️

Some of us are just clinicians treating patients. We don’t all have labs, conduct research, and make YouTube videos. If I start practicing like Peter Attia, am I just an imitator tagalong copying what he and others are doing, or a trail blazing physician providing rarified care?

Name other professions that people compete to have the opportunity to pay a fortune to train for years for, and which pays less and less every year. Are there any besides medicine?