Cherry Ames Mystery in the Doctor's Office by Helen WellsI've been trying to get through this series- with mixed results. This story was very silly, but the historical perspective on how a doctor's office works is priceless. The patients give their payment to any member of the staff, who writes down the name and amount and then pockets it. At the end of the day the medical secretary takes all the recipets and money. She figures the accounts, writes the payments on the patient's charge cards, and records it all in a ledger. She divides the money between the 3 doctors working there, depending on their workload.
Can you imagine how much less expensive health care is when the patient is paying the doctor and staff, instead of also having to pay the medical biller, the insurance company staff, the insurance company stock holders, the malplactice insurance companies, the attorneys....
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