this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2025
22 points (100.0% liked)
Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related
3630 readers
98 users here now
Health: physical and mental, individual and public.
Discussions, issues, resources, news, everything.
See the pinned post for a long list of other communities dedicated to health or specific diagnoses. The list is continuously updated.
Nothing here shall be taken as medical or any other kind of professional advice.
Commercial advertising is considered spam and not allowed. If you're not sure, contact mods to ask beforehand.
Linked videos without original description context by OP to initiate healthy, constructive discussions will be removed.
Regular rules of lemmy.world apply. Be civil.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
If it's part of an HMO, definitely. That's been the case in HMO since the 80's as business management practices pushed in after being bought.
If you have the option of PCP/PPO, they may still be rushed, but it's more because they're trying to see as many patients as they can, not because upper management is pushing them to meet statistics (only some PPO docs are part of a group that uses such management, independent docs don't have that pressure, unfortunately there's a lot of pressure against independent docs by both insurance and government these days).
Since the 80's I've chosen HMO and PCP options through the same insurance provider (in multiple states), and the difference is obvious. HMO GP's are clearly pressured to reduce office time, and only provide options that patients push for, while PCP docs will put options on the table and let you choose what route to go.