This Doctor Won’t Take Health Insurance - and Charges Just $35 a Visit
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- This Pittsburgh doctor charges just $35 for most visits - and refuses to take health insurance. Fed up with fighting health insurance companies to get his patients the care they needed, Dr. Timothy Wong quit his job at a hospital to open his own primary care clinic in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He’s part of a new generation of activist doctors on a mission to change the health care system.
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This man deserves all the good things that life can possibly offer. Bless him.
I agree. How you do it?
Indeed
Thank god. My brother lives around there
Humans caring for humans! No gods involved! No god we trust!
In Australia, almost all doctors charge 35 dollars for each consult and this amount of money is paid by government.
I would believe this man if he said, “I became a doctor to help people”.
Weston Scheer 35$ a visit vs a couple hundred...
Okay but don't think this is a possible decision for most doctors. He can only choose to do this because he has his own clinic that cost a lot of money to build. Most doctors work for hospitals and have no control over what their patients are charged, they go through years of school and low pay to become what they are, and still people don't trust or respect them.
That's a low bar.
Until you see a razer blade laptop
@@gracelessnesss Defending the industry standard of massively over charging for basic necessities is just silly. In the end the money goes into a businessman's pocket. $700+ for two stitches can't be justified.
Protect this doctor with all of your energy; he is starting a change that go against big ruthless political + economical groups.
yawn
Ngh
If he becomes a problem , dont worry they will rub him out SSDD
Tell me where and how and im there
Sounds too good to be true. Most people have absolutely no idea how much it costs to go to med school, let alone run a clinic with specialized medical tech that employs other people. At the very least, it needs to be a six-figure income after expenses to make it make sense.
When I was a kid this is how a lot of small town doctors worked. Once when my Mom took me to our doctor because I had a limp, he pulled sliver out of my foot and told me, "little boys should always wear shoes in the summer." We paid $7.50 for the visit. It was just the doctor and this tough old nurse that reminded me of a Marine Corps DI. She handled the front desk and then ran back for her nursing duties. They were both experienced old time medical people and did excellent work without a lot of tests or having to refer people to specialists. It was so fast, direct, and simple, just like Dr. Wong is doing.
Sounds nice man
How long ago was this? 30-50 years ago?
@@TheBrightFuture30Channel About 1962 in a rural logging town in Washington. Back then the world was run by the WWII generation. Strong, quiet, duty-bound people. As an adult I still went to this same doctor. He told me his class graduated from medical school "early," and he did his "residency" in the war. About that sliver in my foot, "Nurse Ratchet" felt the glands in my neck and walked behind me into the exam room and commanded me to take off my right[?] shoe. She had it figured out and the doctor pulled out a big sliver, drained and dressed the site, and told me to remain active and change the dressing every morning. No meds or follow up. They through the fix to me in about three minutes. I remember these details because they were that good and people didn't seek medical help very often back then. The waiting room was pretty much just a walk-in deal. The doctor was confident and always right! $7.50 back then would be about $60 today so your patients are getting a screaming deal!
What's a DI?
same and our dr sometimes was there until 10 pm at night because he had a waiting room of sick kids or adults would not see that in today's society
So basically he's like a doctor in most parts of the world.
Exactly. That's what I expected when I came to the US.
His clinic functions like most here in Mexico
@Olallo Delgado Health is not expensive as it is. In US after half a century of unregulated lobbies from red scare. Insurance companies inflated the price of healthcare by like 10-100 times so people have to take insurance. Look at third world countries like Malaysia or Thailand or Eastern Europe it's not that expensive as it is in America while having same thing.
The upside of this is, Doctors become very very rich compared to those countries. Most Doctors in America is upper-middle class. And Health technologies get more funding resulting in more advanced medical technologies.
@Olallo Delgado health care is a business in America
@Olallo Delgado I mean americans are paying three times the amount for drugs and medicines because it is not government regulated.
A doctor with a Razer Blade is a man I'll trust.
The notes he takes are saved to his Documents in super speed!
He streams on the side to make up for the low costs
Maxed out graphic card for them X-rays photos
I was looking for someone else who noticed 👍
Dr. Razer is a good man.
America’s health care isn’t about health, it’s about money. More doctors should do what this doctors does.
If they weren't to busy taking the money for breaking their oaths, I'm sure more would. though I admit it can't be an easy choice, doctors have to go into huge debt, to get training, that takes forever, then have to work day in and day out for years just to pay off their debt, and waste so much time on paper work and not actually doing what they were trained for. still doctors like this are true hero's I think the old senator Ron Paul did something similar if I'm not wrong, had his own practice where they cut out all the unnecessary costs to save people money.
Maybe if the public advocated for the doctors as well.. most doctors graduate with upwards of $400k in student loans.. you ll never pay that off working like this doctor.. push for loan forgiveness and I know more doctors would consider working at clinics like this.
This is actually pretty much a free market approach to healthcare. It’s one of the reasons why college is so expensive too and why cosmetic and some elective surgeries (not covered by insurance companies) have gotten cheaper throughout the years.
Welp with the current global situation costing soo many their jobs many may end up losing their health insurance so what he's doing has a big possibility to take off.🤔
@@LegoSwordViedos wait in my country if you go to college the state pays it healthcare is free only some medicines need to be pay
The world needs more Dr. Wong! This individual is someone to emulate. Going against a broken system and advocating for patients by giving them affordable choices. Such a blessing.
Not the world, it's the U.S. needs someone like him. 😅
@@ek8784 Oh no! Not another ignorant troll🤦♀️🙄 Are you kidding me!? Duh! Have you lived in a third world country then in a first world country? It doesn't take a genius to understand that I am talking about kindness, innovativeness, change and compassion. I am talking about making changes to any broken system that is taking advantage and excluding vulnerable people. USA, Canada, Afghanistan, Africa wherever you are...there are injustices and broken systems! And the world needs more Dr. Wongs to fix them. That is what I meant, genius!🙄 The WORLD is not just The US. Mon Dieu!
The man use a gaming laptop, that’s when you know his legit.
Add me on vainglory
Vainglory is still alive?
Fr, I spotted that too. You can tell this guy really cares!
Alas VG is dead
LMAO!!! Yes, indeed
this guy is a True American hero.
He is humankind hero.
He has humanity, you don't need nationality for that
Trump would disagree
Asiático
Andrew Lim 😂😂😂 big insurance is ploting some nasty stuff for him
If there was a gofundme I would give him money to make this a bigger thing
Start one
Start it!
I’d donate 500k to pay off all his expenses
Dr Timothy H. Wong
6008 Center Ave
Pittsburgh PA 15206
412 203 5810
ihealth.clinic/
We need to support Dr wong he's a true example of how a doctor should be.
How can we as a nation get more individuals in the medical profession as this Doctor. He’s a template for what our healthcare systems should be. Bravo sir.
its not the doctors its the insurance companys
You mean be the top 1% of his class , sacrifice his life and his health , work 100 hrs a week as a resident so he can make what a dental hygienst makes?
@Jim-uh4kv something has to change. Doctors are completely unaffordable for a lot of people.
How? Seriously?
Universal healthcare.
@@Jim-uh4kvMedical school admissions in the US are artificially capped. Doctors mostly need inflated salaries to pay off multiple hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt. Both my parents are doctors btw, so I hear about this at dinner fairly frequently
US health insurance is acting like a mafia in the healthcare industry.
Well yeah that's america for you. More for the rich and crumbs for the poor.
CrittingOut Thats pretty stupid to generalize a whole country based off of one corrupt subject.
@@user-fw9ku6gy9d If only it ended there.
So just allow direct care as insurance
basically what the doctor in the video was saying was to sort of replicate European healthcare
How can anyone give this guy a thumbs down? He is trying to help people.
it's the insurance companies
Yeah the healthcare insurance company
It's the Timothy Wangs
The insurance agents
Those are from his competition!
He's a GOOD guy, SALUTE...
_H O P E !_ ❤️
In Australia, almost all doctors charge 35 dollars for each consult and this amount of money is paid by government.
Leon H And how much does it cost in government bureaucracy for that $35 dollars charge?
@@havenzhai5187 less than the US pays for "war" that's for sure
@@shortyrafael4008 Heaven forbid we should ever run out of wars, apparently much more important!
Thank you Dr. Wang for taking a stand to do what is right.
You sir are seriously doing God's work !!
@@jtjtrs8806 Me?
Wong*
Many don't these days and need to follow by his example if we are to ever hold these fleecing insurance companies accountable and restore things to a fair and safer system.
Gratitude starts by spelling his name right.
This man is clearly NOT a Doctor...he's an Angel and a Hero.... protect and support this human at all costs!
Palmsun He is an evil doctor that makes vaccines cheaper so more people can take it. This is another agenda
@@samriwelkeish7981 I see you, Karen.
@@samriwelkeish7981 ah, a Karen
Kei Key Brianwashed
He’s selling himself short
He’s baller with his RAZER gaming laptop.
Could just be a Razer Stealth. Those aren’t really gaming laptops
King
Still better than a Macbook
1000th like
Honestly ive seen tons of doctors with high grade gaming pcs like damn
He is putting the meaning of being a public servant back into “doctor.”
Doctors are not public servants. They are professionals, politicians and other gov jobs are public servants.
Mona French that is exactly the problem. You missed the entire value of the video and destroyed a perfectly good comment. comment. Thanks for being the odd one out. The whole point of being a public servant is to serve the community at little to no cost to them. Everyone who works is a professional, including public servants. Did you even watch the video? The whole point of this video is to bring attention to a doctor that is doing the opposite of what most doctors do, yet your response to my comment is a blanket statement about how most doctors operate.
John Schaefer I’m correcting you because your statement was wrong. Doctors have never been public servants so how is he putting the meaning back into being a doctor?
Dictionary definition:
Public servant: government official
Profession: member engaged in specified profession
Mona French lets start from square 1: this doctor had a video made about him because he is doing the OPPOSITE of what all other doctors do. All other doctors take insurance and charge high fees, etc. this doctor is more concerned about helping people. Political correctness and black and white is what causes these problems in the first place. If you’re going to look up the dictionary definition of public servant then you are never going to understand the point here. Again, I don’t think you watched the video. This doctor does not operate like other doctors, so I don’t know why you keep referring to all other doctors and how they have never been public servants. This is a case study about one doctor who does things differently. I’m not going to have a virtual argument with you, so please go somewhere else. Also, this is coming from a former public servant who knows what that looks like. Sure, he may not be in the service industry technically, but he is serving. It’s the underlying meaning. He’s helping people.
@@johnschaefer124 Words have meaning. "Public servant" implies an obligation to serve. Doctors don't have the type of obligation that, say, an elected official would. If "anyone who interacts with others or offers benefit to the public" is a "public servant", then it loses all meaning and is indistinguishable from anything else. Are you a tax payer? Then you're a public servant. Do you talk to others? Then you're a public servant.
See how words work?
This is what America needs!
You mean Sweden? Yeah... But it is called socialism by big pharma so that you get scared of it and think of it as un-american.
I live in a different country and I think I pay less then 100$ a year for all of my needs. My dad pays more because he earns more but he can stay in the hospital for an indefinite period for free. What America needs is universal healthcare
@@swiftdragonrider WHAT COUNTRY?!?
@@themoddedguy7765 this is how it is in most first world countries if you are poor. For example when I was working a minimum wage job because the health tax is a % of income I payed a couple of dollars a month and for that money you get free doctor visits cheap prescription (I fell and cut my hand and I got free prescription bandages and the nurse told me you can just ask for them and they will give you them for free). In my case the country is Israel but it works like this in a lot of eu countries
Nobody had insurance for years. Raised 3 children without insurance. Lucky I had a doctor that would bill me.
Insurance companies are the scum of the earth, they're just broken crooks
Well in US they are. In my country they insure the actual health of their customers for a fixed rate (which is already multiple times lower than US premiums) - no matter how much this health will cost.
What sucks is they got all the politicians in their pockets so all the laws are made to help them.
in theory insurance could be somethin really amazing, problem, greed always kick in, and corrupt the thing ...
Not just the insurance companies. How do you feel about student debt and banks
@@heypeter1846 oh that fuc... that i had to pay for my wife for over 17 yrs, yeah better not gettign me started on that ... i could loose my humanity , and become evil ...
God save this doctor from anything COVID.. We need many like him.
because of CV19, he could be beaten on the street for being Asian
@@eddfasd exactly.. that's my worst fear too.
Nosferatu it’s sad that we even have to acknowledge that as a possible reaction from our own people...America has a history of this type of shit and it hasn’t stopped..
Cv19 is funded by Gates & the greedy companies that funds the gov/corps.
@@mrleafbeef634 you forgot to mention the Earth is flat and the Apollo moon lading is fake
This is the kind of doctor America desperately needs -- if the people won't or can't rid the country of the greedy, shameless, and heartless insurance companies.
@Kry Kry said, "Thing is after paying for his Bill's, paying back his student loans and the medical equipment and staff ....he would be a broke doctor."
*That's one more reason to forgive student loans.*
*And you think insurance companies pay doctors well? WATCH!*
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And those for-profit hospitals. They are blood drinkers too. They can charge you any price since you have insurance. They charged moms 39$ to hold their babies. Sweedish hospital reported 50% in ROI a year.
@@EnnesXsaid, "You gave the response this video was designed to program you with perfectly."
*Or you gave a response that reveals you have been programmed by vile, shameless, and soulless corporate shills, conservatives, and/or Republicans?*
@@nedwulff6196 , yeah ignore him (Ennesx). Unfortunately he is one of MANY no content trolls that have subscriptions for some reason. Methinks these are people who are paid to sew dissent in public opinion of whatever benefit to society.
@Kry Kry He doesn't appear to be broke and seems smart enough financially to figure out if he's covering his own costs, you don't know what he has coming in and going out, let him do his own job or do you want to file chapter 11 for him on his behalf? He's doing it, you aren't.
Chad. Someone get this man a gofundme for a hospital
We need more REAL DOCTORS like this.
The community he helps should commission a statue of him and set an example for other doctors in other communities to follow.
Their are a lot of hack doctors out there, but the good ones deserve recognition
100%!
There’s plenty of real doctors. If you want to do YOUR part, please write to your local senator/ congressman for better wage laws and physician support
I think you’re not really in touch of reality if you think doctors are willing to do 15 years of intense schooling with hundred thousands in debt and not get paid well for it. In that case we’d actually be left with barely any doctors for people
Get back to the way it used to be before Rockefeller medicine took over like an octopus. That is the problem.
Massive respect to this Doctor.
I don't think it would work. OK, he charges very little but I still have to buy medicine. I still have a huge deductible per year, right? The money I save from my visits to this doctor does not go to my pocket. The insurance company will wait longer for me to meet my deductible!
All I can say is this doctor deserves the honorable award.
Where I live most doctors charge $3-4 per visit....and no insurance
@@suspiciousstick6310 damn where is that , and is the service provided good ?
SUSPICIOUS STICK yeah but that’s not the US it’s completely different
Well it would seem similar to England praising William Wallace after defiying there headstrong rule.
Hats off to you doctor. You're 1 in a million.
That's a true Dr with a big heart full filling his Hippocratic Oath.
Absolutely! Sadly a lot of doctors don't
@@NaRuHiNaTa83 That's because the almighty dollars sways them to be sell outs
@The Truth about Africa hurts Doctors do take the Oath (at least I did in 1999), but it doesn't mention anything about working for free or for 35 bucks per patient visit.
@The Truth about Africa hurts ok, so it isn't a myth like you said.
Finally a true Dr. who cares about his patients, not the money. Bless this Doctor. Health care should not be just a business.
I think it should be a business. A doctor to patient business. Just like this guy is doing. When there are the middle men of insurance companies and government we get higher prices and a worse service, at least for this type of doctor visit.
@@0fficerIan Except for when people cannot pay out-of-pocket for necessary life-saving treatment, because they don't have several thousand dollars in the bank for an emergency.
Insurance serves an important purpose. But competition and the profit-motive actively work against the actual purpose of providing healthcare. So, a single-payer system is the superior way of doing it.
Try going through medical school ND not care about money. Easy to patronize.
@@shadow_of_thoth That's untrue. Prices are high because of government regulation and cronyism. Cosmetic surgery and Lasik which is not covered by insurance has had their price steadily coming down. Prices for everything else are sky rocketing. This is because doctors can't work with patients directly. They have to go through a bureaucratic mess just to get paid. Insurance companies and big pharma have a stranglehold on medicine because of lobbying and bad patent laws. If government stayed out to begin with we could see our primary care doctors for a small fee less than most deductibles and have emergency insurance for the big stuff.
@@0fficerIan No, if that were true, then we would have lower prices than every single country that has universal healthcare. Obviously, your theory is severely flawed.
Imagine if all GP's did this. Would disrupt entire medical insurance industry.
This Doctor is so admirable.
If I ever get through medschool, I wanna be a doctor like him
please do (and good luck!) we need more doctors like him!
Biz Kit 𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕣𝕦𝕤 🙈🙉
Hope your med school is not that expensive or 35$ you will have to charge a min. Lol
*You can do it.* ❤
@@samriwelkeish7981 Wow you are so funny making fun a virus that has killed thousands of people
There's a doctor I use to go to in the bay area that charged $50 a visit if you had no insurance or didn't want to use it. I think the no insurance discount at private practice is a thing. Also that doctor was the most effective doctor i've met.
I came in one day with a headache and he said you're sitting weird. I think you have Appendicitis. You should get a cat scan to confirm... I was like nah I don't got time and it isn't where i'm feeling pain. He then said, you should get it today, it's serious. I then went to the ER and the doctor there refused to give me a cat scan and asked for my doctor's number. He convinced the ER doctor to give me a cat scan and it confirmed I had a baseball sized leakage with fat blockage. Apparently in a small amount of Appendicitis cases, the body tries to block off the leak with fat. They got me into an operating room that day and I was saved.
That doctor figured out I had Appendicitis by the way I sat and that I had a headache ... best doctor ever
Arjay Waran He is a traditional healer. Some doctors use expertise and intuition together.
@_ Except nowhere did she say "spiritual." Reading comprehension problems much?.....
what’s his name brother?
@Anonymous usually this happens when the doctor has had similar cases in the past.
What doctor is this? I'm a Bay Area local and insurance is expensive.
He's a hero! This man needs recognition. He is beyond intelligent and he is a real doctor, his patients come first. His heart is in the right place.
The MSM doesn't want him to have recognition. His good deeds illustrate the very problems within our system. They make too much money in advertising for the health insurance industry and pharma industry.
nah hes doing it wrong. he should be milking people of their money because those patients would do the same if roles were reversed.
@@lalalamooone you might be shit person, but surprise: not everyone in this world is disgusting human being.
Completely agree.
@@bobbys2643if other insurance company filed case against him would you do protest for him
Dr. Wong and people like him are the true heroes of the world. This is a real doctor. A doctor should care about the wellbeing of others, not about becoming rich.
These days, lots of college kids become doctor purely because of money and status. Let’s all hope we won’t get these future doctors as doctor. Choose someone who truly cares about you as a human.
Unbelievable, God bless him. He’s a GOOD human being.
A rare thing in this evil world.
U Eritrean or Ethiopian?
America’s healthcare system is a joke. Bless this man.
This guys in Canada
Yes its a joke, and then comes the bill.
C Through Pittsburgh
@@cthrough1162 Last time I checked Pittsburgh was in the United States.
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Europeans laughing at us healthcare system
Let's be real here insurance is a scam. Let's be real in 2020.
Fr you can preach. I got charged 300 dollars when i fainted in an health offic to get my blood tested for a job. They took 6 tubes out of me. I told her i was feeling lightheaded around the 3rd tube. I fainted for about 5 minutes. I woke up i was fine. I denied the ambulance they called for me, because i was fine. They sticked some sticky things on me an checked if i was okay. Then proceeded to charge me 300 dollars. My mom would have to work a week for that money without using it for anything else. The insurance wont cover it because i didnt get on the ambulance. Wtf.
Hospitals are a scam.
@@Mr_Nibblesworth • ur right..everything is coming out..and many more
I disagree! But corruption can/does ruin so much! Think of 10 ppl going in together on something! What's left if no one uses it that month or year? A lot right! Now multiply that by 500k or even 1.5mil customers. The thieves selfish nature will think its only me or only us few (stealing), no one will notice. Same concept with ppl taking pens or notepads from work. What's a box of ink pens or pack of notepads? Not much until you gotta restock too often.
@ocelot. car insurance makes zero sense. Well in case anyway. I will never buy new. For example I bought a car for 1800 that lasted 5+ years yet most insurance will cost you about $100+ a month....this coupled with the fact that any significant accident will bring a "totaled" insurance evaluation in which case they would give me what THEY deem to be the value...so in this example I would've paid the equivalent of my cars purchase price after 18 months for the CHANCE at $900 reimbursement PROVIDED I ever got into a serious accident....
Total scam...
Even health insurance...$3600 a year and I may never go to the doctor? Yeah nope. I'll just pay the $400 for my 1 yearly trip to the doctor
This doctor deserves a Noble prize !! Utmost respect to this doc! May he be protected and let us all learn from his generosity in services and quality care!!
He is a human being. He has a very rare thing “LOVE”.
Uhh. Ok.
Rare in America
Miki Miyazaki What u mean ?
I clicked on this and was like “wow I bet he’s not even close to me. I wish I could get the medical care I need” and then one minute in, I see he’s in Pittsburgh just an hour away from me. How serendipitous.
I bet you were just foaming at the mouth to use that word 😂
Caustic, that you?
@@goat.1376 I thought that too only because they said "how" before it
Thank you, I was scrolling down to find out where he's located.
Oh my he is in New York
This doctor already has his mansion made in heaven. He is a blessing to many who have no insurance. What a good man!
Glimmering Sea Yesssss 🥰
Only if. He accepted Jesus Christ as his personal savior
@@saybrittaney Amen
@hussain Almumin Jesus Christ is Lord!
@hussain Almumin sorry brother but allah is the devil
Bravo! We need a medical revolution such as this in every community!
This doctor makes a difference in people's lives.
If I were in the area, I would gladly volunteer to be his receptionist.
Yep or help him when he really needs it
@@LarennJay come help me.
What is needed is more doctors like him all around the globe.
It's fake
We need millions doctors like him then no more insurance, no more margin, no more extra time to deal with Insurer but less paid out.
just think, if there were 1mil drs = approx 330 patients per GP. If half that number, say 500k doctors, were in private (non-hospital) practice, that could be 660 patients or even 250k doctors/1317 patients...how much better could the whole system be for both patients and doctors?...plus the bonus of insurance companies no longer having control over people's lives and health outcomes...that sounds like a very nice place to be... :)) *(working from census 2019 numbers)
I already know two doctors that are practicing medicine without taking health insurance. My old doctor in NJ opened up her own practice and she doesn’t take insurance. And I know a chiropractor in PR that charges a monthly fee like $40 I think and you have at least five visits per month. Or a flat fee.
@@Maddie9185Lucky you. My wife & I left Cherry Hill since 2010, missing home -:(
well yes and no
what about when you have bigger heath issues like when you need surgery, xrays, ultrasounds, blood work, or get hospitalized, etc. we wouldn't be able to pay that out of pocket
the real problem is why health have to be sothing so damn expensive.
Argument should be "what can we learn from other countries, good and bad points?" not "should we have universal health cover." French general doctors are private, cover mixed state/private. GP visits are 25€, refunded to bank in a week. Employers + workers pay into state system, + employers pay top-up. Retired, I pay basic top-up, 68€ /74$ month. Low income? Choose top-up from list, state pays. Medicine covered by the schemes. Can choose state or private hospitals, clinics etc. (I think German, Swiss, British systems also have good points.)
Wowwww. He deserves a Nobel Peace Prize. Seriously. How do we vote??????
A brave, intelligent, and kind doctor who truly care about his patients' health and well-being. He is completely right about the US healthcare system is broken that it is actually hurting people than helping them. We desperately badly need more doctors like him.
And the coronavirus pandemic has just exposed this broken system starkly; the US is on course to be the country with the most deaths and infections from covid-19 in the world when this is over.
We definately do!
Your profile photo looks like the s3 default wallpaper
@@imeakdo7 Ha thank you for pointing that out. I had no idea.
This man should be the one in charge of the Department of Health and Human Services.
Hah. Not under Cheeto he won't.
this man should be in charge of the country, medicare for all!
No, he is better off being a doctor than being a bureaucrat.
@@selfishcapitalist3523 not that you are in favor of this (your username) but, he actually would be better off speaking first hand as a doctor leading the revolution to universal care. in America.
Yes‼️‼️‼️
we should raise a gofundme for this doctor to expand his clinic and help more peope out in the US.
Yes
if you do i will surely donate
Connect him with Andrew yang
Keep this wonderful man out of politics. Help this man expand his practice. Politicians are the reason we are in this situation. Doesn't matter what side.
What an amazing professional! You are an inspiration Dr Wong. ❤🎉
Who dislike this, insurance companies?
😂🤣😂
Yep, you are 100% correct.
...and politicians
shareholders
ky nguyen people who think that’s too much
*This pandemic we're going through, should be a lesson to understand that health system shouldn't be a profit making business.*
Human greed is the deadliest pandemic. Billionaires eat money.
Tbh I think healthcare system in the US is one of the worst in the world. And it's even more obvious during this pandemic..
When health care is driven by the motive of profiteering the result will be as obvious as it is today in many parts of the world. In US health care is a matter of affordability. Rich are taken care of cause they can buy care. Well, its the trend, sadly, in many places. We don’t learn from our mistakes. We are paying a hefty price for our stupidity.
Yup!!!
UA-cam User only people that complain didnt set themselves up to afford it, that’s their own damn fault. I haven’t had too pay a cent ever too go to the doctor or pay money when I broke my leg. Sooo stfu
I hope this man stays safe and afloat during these trying times, especially as a person of Asian descent. Hopefully, his patients won't let any prejudice get the better of them.
I doubt it.
Haha, highly doubt that will happen.
@lili shyta He referring to the racism Asians in America and other European countries being blame for the virus which was hidden by the Communists of China. Cowards are so brain dead that they couldn't think straight. Shame on those. Racist Devils hatred toward Asians Americans.
Good and bad people exist in this world indiscriminative of race or color or country we come from. It is so sad some people are so shallow they can't get it.
He will do fine and may make more. The reason being is too many people who recently have and will become unemployed will not be able to afford COBRA which is post termination health care insurance plan where the former employees have to pay full amount if you want to keep the health insurance. Therefore, too many people will be uninsured and will go to his practice to be treated since he affordable.
Thank you, Dr. Wong!
A genuine, compassionate human who decided to become a doctor in order to help other humans, as opposed to entering the profession to gain personal wealth. Admirable human. Let's clone him.
@Stylez Beast Mode, in life, as in any other endeavor, I often ask myself, _What would Bill Gates do?_ What about Elon Musk? He's likely got himself a nice tunnel bored out *beneath* Cheyenne Mountain NORAD Command, sneaky alien devil that he is! 😅 You see, my friend, 'in this day and age' of natural selection through the DNA screening process, we can create designer babies that are virus-free and without genetic defect. The _'Superman,'_ if you will to power what I'm saying? Friedrich Nietzsche wrote about this in some detail. Besides, given the choice (as if), I'd seriously consider voting for an A.I. Singularity President/World Leader than any human who's held the position throughout history. What could possibly go wrong? 🤣
@Ganda Gandara, well, maybe not 'clone' those things but certainly try to replicate them and honor their effectiveness and influence.
if someone wanted to enrich themselves in the healthcare industry, they wouldnt waste their time becoming a doctor. theyd work in management.
@@CyberDocUSA and also genetically remove genes of severe selfishness away. a community thrives better when everyone's willing to help each other and play their part. Those with personality disorders that disrupt that process should either be breeded out or eliminated entirely.
@@vice2versa, these undesirable human traits and behaviors you mention are attributed to DNA? There is no causal connection between one's environmental influences and parental/adult indoctrination?
“Healthcare is the only business in which we turn customers away” damn...
Hearing this the second time changed everything.
Nick Diaz Sad but true. It’s ridiculous because it’s the most needed business and detrimental to people’s health.
That's right. I had a fractured wrist. I planned to go home and just wrap it myself but my wife insisted I should go to ER. What a bad decision, I ended up with $2800 medical bill. All the Dr did was wrap my wrist and gave me oxycodone that I said I don't need 3 times. I am more lucky than many people that I had $3000 save up for emergency use. So that was gone. What about those who cant come up with that money? They r going to have bad credit?
real doctor helping sick people, we need more doctors like Dr Wong; lets get rid of insurance companies, suckers !
nemesi 1 , not just ins companies but the 40+ years worth of imbecilic healthcare workers too spineless to fight to keep healthcare far more affordable, qualitative, rational, ethical and truthfully responsible. Indisputably proven by outcome of the quality of health of every single patient treated.
He brought tears to my eyes. There are still good and decent people in the world!❤😊
This man is a genius. He’s eliminated the middleman between himself, his patients, and his income. This is such a sensible way to do healthcare instead of these Quick Care locations that are equally as expensive as primary physicians which have so much overhead and allegiance to pharmaceutical companies that have them locked in on the prescription kickbacks.
Don't forget that he saves 16 hours of work per week of unnecessary paperwork to please insurance companies.
welcome to the developed world
Wow my doctor cost $300 or $120 on a discount .This is really needed .They need Pharmacy industry to do this too
I'm an Aussie and my doctor visits cost AUD$38/US$22 a visit with Medicare (AUD$79 originally). I could go to a practice that's bulk billed and pay nothing but I like my doctor and they're attached to a university. People should have options based on their income and i truly believe healthcare is a human right. All i want to be is healthy and work, not be sick and broke.
In Germany I paid 10 euros (12 dollars). The US is a third-world country when it comes to health.
@@mrrandom1265 because the US is full of obese, pre existing conditioned people overwhelming the health industry. Now with the pandemic, we will probably see less and less expensive health insurance co pays.
USA is not a third world. Philippines is a third world country and a doctors visit for basic services is $5-$6 for private hospital and free for public hospitals because of PHILHEALTH insurance provided by the government for all its citizen. That is the third world.
My doctor costs me €0 on average.
15 years ago I worked for a pediatrician who dreamed about doing this, so glad someone is making it reality!
This is how medicine started before the insurance industry. He’s essentially the doctor with the little black bag that you go to instead of him coming to you. God bless him.
Bet big pharmaceutical will find a way to shut him down, they hate to see this
I’m sure he will fight to the end tho, I can see a movie being made about him 100 years from now after he dies
They'll have him disbarred, revoke his license, and blacklist him in pharmacy systems so that his prescriptions are useless.
Samus they better prepare for the lawsuits that follow...it will cost them a lot unless Congress passes a bill making it illegal to take cash. In that event, it will also be another Supreme Court case. What this doc is doing is legal and he deserves an award.
Yes the main problem with the American healthcare system is over regulation. It protects big phama.
On what grounds lol? He's not committing a crime or malpractice. or *price gouging*
Please open a gofundme and I’m pretty sure some people will be willing to contribute
See alehandro (spelling)jaminez post above. There's an address for his clinic
He's doing good. But what do you expect he do with the money?
He doesn't need GoFundMe.
This is how the world's doctors work.
@@themanape ??????? Continue to help people?????
@@didthatreallyjust Isn't he doing that already?
This is how health care should be. Simple and direct!
Its ironic that you say this because this system is called "direct primary care." Look into it, it works very well.
A rare man that truly has a passion for his work!
I hope after this covid pandemic, doctors would follow this man and make their own clinics..
Most doctors are in it for the money and status
I like how he utilizes technology to improve his effeciency. That registration tablet in the waiting room is a must have for all doctor's waiting rooms and hospitals. Save on paper usage and improve communications because you eliminate bad handwriting issues.
Not to mention no secretaries or nurses to pay either
What about the receptionists that'll be out a job?
@@Atlas92936 they can find work in other fields like business or government ..but who cares that's their problem the POINT is that it would make medical bills more affordable that's the most important thing
but how can I trust him, without knowing his handwriting...
@@kennyscivally7059 I'm gonna have to agree
Not all heros wear capes.. hats off to you Dr. Wong
If the U.S didn’t spend soo much on military spending and money give aways to foreign countries…it would have the best healthcare system in the world..
This man should get a Nobel prize. Dr. Timothy Wong
Doing what all doctors in 1st world countries does. Note I did say only 1st world countries and a lot of third world countries as well. Just note yours
@@garygalt4146 Oh believe me, I don't consider the US a first world country until we have universal health care. We don't have anything close to a democracy either there's 2 things we would need to accomplish.
I was thinking the same thing. Give this man the NOBEL PRIZE!
@@yak55x to be fair this setup should be done rather than universal health care. Even with the government, they have tons of bureaucracy themselves.
@@0doublezero0 I agree, the Japanese model would probably work.
I would honestly drive 18 hours just to go to this doctor. He’s a true hero I hope the best for him
We need more heroes like him.
What's crazy is that he is labeled a hero for doing something that is so normal in other countries. Those are the normal rates for a medical consultations ($20-50). The price of medical care in the US is criminal. There's nothing "great" about a system where healthcare is not affordable for every citizen.
We need more doctors/human like him! He truly is a gift to the community! God bless this man!
Even $100 is affordable, he is simply amazing for doing this!
you want to "tip" Dr. Wong above his fee. Think about it, the big wig doctors in the industry get $250 for 3 minutes work write a Rx for medication that makes you sicker and forces you to come back for more garbage treatment. These drug pushers love patients with chronic illness that's where they make their lifetime money.
There's a dentist in Livonia Michigan who has been doing the same for many years. These guys both rock.
Greetings! Jenn,
Where in Livonia?
Please tell me who and where?!
His name?
@@darkgoddesstantra9999 Kloote William J DDS
20337 Farmington Rd, Livonia, MI 48152
248-471-0795
@@ntl9974 William Kloote
Farmington Road
I am really surprised that this kind of “no insurance” is really a rarity in America. Wow insanity.
Greed!
There is a network of doctors named "direct primary care" physicians which does this. They do not work under US government insurance guidelines like those of obamacare, Medicare and Medicaid as much as I know, but have created an alternative system which is far cheaper and more efficient.
AYAN DAS I’m in awe... in a good way
They have clinics and doctor's offices down here in South Texas that are run like that,their allover the place.
You are a HERO!
Some Doctors Don't Care About Driving Rolls Royce They Just Wanna Make a Decent Living and Help the Community
Sponge Bob Dont you want your doctor to be a doctor for the fun and that he likes it not because his forced to financially
A big misconception is that doctors make a lot of money. Insurance companies are making all the money. Especially in primary care.
msjones2831 your right, very good analysis. My question is why don’t we pay the doctors more? Like there literally the ones saving lives. It’s absolutely unfair
If I were in Pittsburgh I would give him my money!
I’m on of them!(dentist)
Bravo! We need more Dr. Wongs.
My dad never refused a patient regardless of insurance or money status and even made house calls in his younger days.
Tyrone Kim GOD BLESS UR DAD 🙏❤
@@buttonpetrelli Thank you. Best wishes and good health.
Ur dad sounds really wonderful and amazing... Please u and ur dad stay healthy and safe...Thanks for such a touching story..
@@sunyoungpark910 Thank you. I didn't realize how good hearted of a doctor my father was until I was in my 30's when I visited doctors in different specialty and those doctors refused patients for lack of insurance or money. My father never refused a patient for lack of insurance or money. Patients who did not have money to pay in full would come to the office one or two times a month and pay $5 to $10 until the amount owed was paid in full. There were other patients who made partial payment and never came back.
My dad passed away in 2006.
Good luck and stay in good health.
@@tyronekim3506 Your dad sounds like a really incredible man...I don't know what it takes any human to be that humble and giving and loving....thank u...
Too bad he's too far, I would go see him.
Can you move?
He said earlier in the video that there are a few other dr's in the USA that practice just like him. Maybe call his clinic and ask if there is one close to you.
@@tanveesharma2636 I'm in California and with everything going that's more likely a no. 🙄
@@scaffgal6626 thanks I'll look into that.
@@tanveesharma2636 asking someone who can't afford an average doctors visit, if they can move... that's an interesting choice.
Good guy, hope his genorisity pays off in the end
If you had 10.000 more docters like this lives would be saved...
Not saying that the odds are really high but there is a probability he alone already did safe at least one life by doing what he does.
Only 10.0 you say... 🤔
@@camelopardalis84 He alone, I'm sure, has saved many lives.
Then there will be no profit
@@mbd6054 My feeling is that yes, he has saved lives that way already. But I don't want to make a definitive statement.
I’ve been in the medical field for 28 years, and finally left because it’s not ok to let someone die for money. The system is all about money and not about healing.
Cynthia Womack so how would he be able to afford prescriptions to give to his patient?
GaryDomaz The system is seriously broken. There is no reason we can’t make medical truly free or affordable. Lesser countries have managed.
GaryDomaz they usually have medical reps that give out free samples to doctors to try on patients.
Yes...no one is truly satisfied with the care received...her in America I feel like the staff is not trained in the same ways like in other countries.
We need good doctor like Dr. Wong. Any Dr like Dr. Wong in NYC?
0:35 My guys the only doctor I’ve seen that uses a Razer laptop wow
lol
Uh oh a doctor with morals! Shut him down! He's not playing the game!
You say that but most of it is probably the insurance companies
He probably playing a game on his razor in his down time
I was so surprised to see a doctor to conduct himself in this manner. Kudos Doc!!!
This is a real Doctor!!!
Shame on the rest!!!
He mentioned, "I have 1% chance to change how things are done in a industry." He knows if the tide turns 1% it can even turn into 71% or even higher over time.
Only people like you can bring about change in our broken system. Kudos to you.
This is the future. He is ahead of the curve.
This is what general practitioners look like in most other countries.
If we all did good things like this. The world would be an amazing place.
I took control of my diet and radically changed how I eat. I resolved my Type 2 Diabetes, anemia (of 30+ years), and high blood pressure, and got my asthma allergies under control. As such I was able to choose a different health insurance plan and cut my premiums in half. Now I only see my doctor 1x a year and can pay for any issues within a month or two in full. It's made a tremendous difference in my financial and physical health. Thank you for this segment.
Wonderful person. My sister's pain management doctor doesn't take insurance. He charges 170.00 for five minutes. So unethical.
that is because pain management doctors are prescribing opiates, and a lot of doctors are wary of doing that.
I got charged 230 dollars for being a new patient at an urgent care and then they charged me another 290 for doing a check up
I'm not defending your doctor in anyway.
But just you need to realize a lot of this cost is actually goes to how many people your doctor hire to provide the service, the rent where he open his practice and most importantly every doctor malpractice insurance is different.
Some of them depends on what their practice are can be very costly.
And also if your doctor still have hundreds of thousands in student debt then it would be impossible for him to charge you $35 like the doctor in this video. How else he will ever payoff their debt if he only earn $35 / patient?!? He will forever be in debt for the rest of his life if he do that.
@David Amaya who pays the doctors if its free for patients?
@David Amaya lol what? stay in school bud
What an amazing Dr. He truly cares for his patients and it's NOT about the money.
This Guy is a true hero, you never see people like him on tv, society we live in today is so fake
So true, I hope to never see Dr. Wong or doctors like him on TV where what he does would be reduced to sensationalism and game show entertainment. He would be made a mockery of giving misinformation and selling scam products i.e Dr. Oz and that crew.
All the best Dr. Wong, continue to help, educate and deliver people from health destruction industry.
Since this is an older video, I checked to see if he's still in business, and I'm glad to see he's still getting rave reviews from his patients. Thank you Dr. Wong for being a change agent.
We need more doctors like him,
He's a good man..👍