Health Care Financing Question?!

Health Care Financing Question?

I have a question. My daughter's doctor accepts insurance. For people that are uninsured, she has a sliding scale based on income. A woman told me that based on her father's income of $40,000.00 per year for a family of 4, she usually pays about $9.00 for an office visit. How is this possible? Who pays the rest? I wonder about this, because for my insurance, the co-pay alone is $45.00. Can the doctor really afford to see one patient for only $9.00? Or is there another subsidy that I am unaware of? If anyone knows the answer to this, please give lots of details, because it has been bothering me ever since I had the conversation with that young lady.

Hi,
I work for a non-profit organization that funds sliding fee scales for dental services in our area.
Your doctor may be funded in such a way, or she may be absorbing the reduced fee by not making as much money. That is very good of her. If we had universal health care, these issues would not come up at all. Vote for candidates who promote universal health care.