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[Porthos]

 

[Markverhyden]

And that's the wheel that always wiggles, jiggles, and squeaks.

 

[NETWizz]

I wish this weren't true, but this is the reason folks in the United States are scared to go to the Doctor.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/...exam/507-eb477d7d-e3a7-4671-b9c4-51c91ce4d9e9

 

[coffee]

I wish this weren't true, but this is the reason folks in the United States are scared to go to the Doctor.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/...exam/507-eb477d7d-e3a7-4671-b9c4-51c91ce4d9e9

The Insurance companies also play: Sign up for them, Then they drop covered prescriptions. Its all a scam.

 

[Markverhyden]

I wish this weren't true, but this is the reason folks in the United States are scared to go to the Doctor.

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/...exam/507-eb477d7d-e3a7-4671-b9c4-51c91ce4d9e9

The pricing is such a joke. If you go in you can't get accurate pricing estimates so your stuck with what they bill you for. In that case you're an a-la-carte customer. Try to get "insurance rates", tough luck.

I had a tumor removed from my cheek couple years ago. When I got the bill for surgery it totaled, just for the surgery, almost $29k. Down at the bottom they knocked off 84%. Really? Does anyone believe that the hospital actually does that kind of volume with my underwriter to warrant that type of discount? One can bet that no one has ever paid anything close to that for the same surgery.

 

[NETWizz]

Surprise billing should be illegal

 

[Markverhyden]

Surprise billing should be illegal

What I find very unfunny about this is so many states have all kinds of statutes about truth in advertising and pricing. Yet when it comes to the Medical Industry they apparently get a pass.

 

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[coffee]

What I find very unfunny about this is so many states have all kinds of statutes about truth in advertising and pricing. Yet when it comes to the Medical Industry they apparently get a pass.

When I was in the Hospital some three years ago for diabeties I asked when I would be able to go home? Doctor said "You still way to sick to think about going home". I then told the doctor that I had no insurance. I was released later that day around 4pm.

No joke.

 

[Markverhyden]

When I was in the Hospital some three years ago for diabeties I asked when I would be able to go home? Doctor said "You still way to sick to think about going home". I then told the doctor that I had no insurance. I was released later that day around 4pm.

No joke.

No surprise. In many states a hospital is liable for medical treatment for conditions that develop or exist when a patient is on property whether they are covered by insurance or not. After the ACA was rolled out there was plenty of efforts to implement changes related to pre-existing conditions for Emergency Room admissions. Don't remember which State but one public hospital admin testified that they were spending several million a year on treatments for indigents who'd been admitted in the ER long after discharge. Because these patients had conditions that required treatment, like dialysis, the hospital was required by statute to continue those treatments irrespective of payment.

 

[Larry Sabo]

Humorous Obit in this morning's paper...

Patrick Doherty, aged 77, better known as Dort, finally escaped the naggings of his fifth wife, Jill, and the never ending disappointments of his three children, Geoff, Erin and Jamie, and eight grandchildren, on January 16, 2020. ... Pat was raised in Hamilton and reluctantly left its smokestacks to be lured by a seductive red-head to settle in the hustle and bustle of Kanata in 1968, and was in abject servitude for the next 51 years. But what's not to love about a man who never passed up the chance to negotiate a better deal, laughed hardest at his own jokes, never figured out how to use a microwave, couldn't assemble an Ikea bookcase despite a lifelong love of talking shop with contractors, and proudly strutted around hot, sandy beaches in his speedo. He will be greatly missed at the Elgin Street Diner, Victoria's Secret, Home Depot, and financially by his dermatologist and dentist. ... Heaven has just gotten a little bit louder and a lot more fun.

 

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