Etan Marks, DO

Dual-Trained Hemepath/Dermpath. Loving Husband and Father. Eccentrically Optimistic!

[Bethany S. Mandel @bethanyshondark]

Why isn’t health insurance the top of everyone’s agenda

[Real Doc Speaks @realdocspeaks]

PSA
The costs of healthinsurance is expensive.

The costs of healthcare is cheap.

Healthinsurance isn't healthcare.

Once you see the difference, you can't un see it.

[Etan Marks, DO @et565]

I think the real reason Republicans lost so badly is because they didn’t do anything to decrease healthcare costs and those have gone up 50% in the past two years. I know people like to blame the Iran war and all that stuff, but that’s because people are hurting with expenses

[Kyle Morrow @kmorrow63]

Our health insurance, which is through my wife's employer, is going up 68% next year. On top of that, the HSA contributions are getting cut.

So I'm looking at dropping it and going with Christian Healthcare Ministries.

Anyone here using CHM or another health sharing plan? How is your experience and how did it go when you actually had a big bill?

[Hooman M. Melamed MD FAAOS @DrHMelamed]

1/ Medicare just cut doctor pay again. Third year in a row.
You'll read it as 2.3%. It isn't. Here's what it actually is, from a surgeon who still owns his practice:
It's the end of the independent doctor. And your bill is about to go up because of it. 🧵

https://t.co/gSRjpovjok

[Etan Marks, DO @et565]

@MDsarecomplicit Which party is going to pass this magical legislation?

[Etan Marks, DO @et565]

@AriCohn Let’s do it!

[Etan Marks, DO @et565]

The ACA was clearly just Obama working with big insurance companies. Had he really wanted to make a change that would have saved money (although decreased quality of care) he would have done single payer. The bullshit is to think democrats care about anyone more than republicans.

[Real Doc Speaks @realdocspeaks]

The claims of the ACA were:
1. Going to save families $2,500 a year
2. Going to lower the deficit
3. You could keep your doctor

The reality is:
1. 80% of doctors are employed
2. The costs of health insurance have exploded
3. The insurance companies are seeing record profits
4. One in five in-network claims are denied
5. One in three out-of-network claims are denied

We have to borrow money to subsidize the companies that are the problem.

Americans deserve better; eliminate the ACA!

[Amy Faith Ho, MD MPH @amyfaithho]

It's annual paycut season for doctors, brought to us by @CMSGov…

And, drumroll…it's a cut. Again.

-2.31% for most of the house of medicine in 2027 on the RVU conversion factor (to $32.63/RVU).

Adjusted for inflation, that's:
A one-year 4.7% decrease,
A 10-year cut of 32.6%,
A 20-year cut of 46%.

Yikes.

Thanks, @RobertKennedyJr.
😬😬😬

[Amy Faith Ho, MD MPH @amyfaithho]

If you think doctors are the problem when it comes to healthcare costs…check this:

Physician reimbursement ($/RVU) is DOWN 12%

Meanwhile…
Health insurance premiums are UP 146%
Inflation is UP 65%
Medical school debt is UP 72%
Healthcare administrator roles are UP 156%

The math is not mathing🤨

[Etan Marks, DO @et565]

Pretty ridiculous

[Amy Faith Ho, MD MPH @amyfaithho]

It's annual paycut season for doctors, brought to us by @CMSGov…

And, drumroll…it's a cut. Again.

-2.31% for most of the house of medicine in 2027 on the RVU conversion factor (to $32.63/RVU).

Adjusted for inflation, that's:
A one-year 4.7% decrease,
A 10-year cut of 32.6%,
A 20-year cut of 46%.

Yikes.

Thanks, @RobertKennedyJr.
😬😬😬

[Etan Marks, DO @et565]

@elonmusk They don’t care about getting the best product or saving money, hence the socialism/communism

[Etan Marks, DO @et565]

@AriCohn Amen to that

[Etan Marks, DO @et565]

@Rach4Patriarchy Or, Zionism has nothing to do with it and people just don’t like high gas prices and inflation. Perhaps

[Etan Marks, DO @et565]

@Rach4Patriarchy @realhonestash @johnbind2 I don’t get why you are anti-Zionist. Why do you care so much to be anti-Zionist and what does that mean? You specifically want the destruction of Israel?

[Jon Levine @LevineJonathan]

The New York Times will openly and without shame publish a list of “Jews for Abdul” which includes the name “Jack Mehoff” and then completely ignore that this fatally compromises the whole story and just power through it

Don’t even see a correction anywhere to this piece — incredible

[Etan Marks, DO @et565]

@cenkuygur @VanJones68 How is this not extremely racist?

[Etan Marks, DO @et565]

@coldxman @ComicDaveSmith You are very bright and intelligent and well measured and thought out. It’s nice to listen to your logic

[Etan Marks, DO @et565]

@Marwanjaberr Wow, lots of bots, trolls and antisemites in the comments and this guys not even Jewish, he is a Druze. His people are also being slaughtered in Syria, but no one cares about that!

[Etan Marks, DO @et565]

@CutisViaLux @HoustonArsenal @HENRYY_MD @pembeoltulu @Dr_Jukic @JMGardnerMD @DrGeeONE @MarcelaSaebL Except INI1 was retained

[Etan Marks, DO @et565]

Here is a rare case: 25 y/o male on the foot @HENRYY_MD @pembeoltulu @Dr_Jukic @CutisViaLux @JMGardnerMD @DrGeeONE @MarcelaSaebL #dermpath ihc is keratin

[Etan Marks, DO @et565]

@CutisViaLux @HoustonArsenal @HENRYY_MD @pembeoltulu @Dr_Jukic @JMGardnerMD @DrGeeONE @MarcelaSaebL NGS, I think almost every other stain I did was negative except CD31