Comments on: How do the Amish pay for medical care? http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/07/08/how-do-the-amish-pay-for-medical-care/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:10:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: How Healthy Is Your Religion? - A Checklist. : Pacific Prime Blog http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/07/08/how-do-the-amish-pay-for-medical-care/comment-page-1/#comment-694 How Healthy Is Your Religion? - A Checklist. : Pacific Prime Blog Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:41:25 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/?p=998#comment-694 [...] schemes like Medicare or Medicaid, instead relying on community support and the church in order to pay for expensive medical treatment. Hospitals in Mexico are therefore often preferred, but there are some US hospitals with special [...] [...] schemes like Medicare or Medicaid, instead relying on community support and the church in order to pay for expensive medical treatment. Hospitals in Mexico are therefore often preferred, but there are some US hospitals with special [...]

]]> By: Tom Leith http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/07/08/how-do-the-amish-pay-for-medical-care/comment-page-1/#comment-693 Tom Leith Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:28:49 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/?p=998#comment-693 Hmmmm. What's the difference between "Mutual Aid" and "Mutual Insurance"? The only thing I can come up with is the presence or absence of an enforcable contract... Hmmmm.

What’s the difference between “Mutual Aid” and “Mutual Insurance”? The only thing I can come up with is the presence or absence of an enforcable contract…

]]> By: Frustrated Consumer http://healthcare-economist.com/2008/07/08/how-do-the-amish-pay-for-medical-care/comment-page-1/#comment-692 Frustrated Consumer Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:43:35 +0000 http://healthcare-economist.com/?p=998#comment-692 Interesting. I could have sworn a few years ago the same WSJ posted an article about how the Amish WERE 'saving' on health care as much as if they had insurance by using two factors in their negotiations with providers: 1) They could guarantee a fairly large volume AND they were paying in cash 2) They were using the cheap cost of care in Mexico for various procedures as a leverage in negotiation (they are the original medical tourists for sure) Interesting. I could have sworn a few years ago the same WSJ posted an article about how the Amish WERE ‘saving’ on health care as much as if they had insurance by using two factors in their negotiations with providers:

1) They could guarantee a fairly large volume AND they were paying in cash

2) They were using the cheap cost of care in Mexico for various procedures as a leverage in negotiation (they are the original medical tourists for sure)

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