That’s true. The ideal case of elective MRI or planned surgery (like a hip surgery) are the exception. In most cases you have to make a decision on the spot. In our case we were basically told to move forward within 3 weeks or mortality would be much more likely.

Moving to another provider is like starting over with paperwork, records , diagnostics tests, building relationships . We already did one transfer due to insurance requirements and lost about 90 critical days that we can never get back. Images were lost preventing a proper diagnosis.

I’m not against free market medicine in principle but the current billing, records and regulations make it impossible with our setup.