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Post by hikerjer on Apr 10, 2016 11:08:36 GMT -8
it appears it was a 'billing error' and was actually $10. Well, that's quite an error. Unintentional, I'm sure. Maybe.
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Post by RumiDude on Apr 11, 2016 10:27:18 GMT -8
I offer up another video from Healthcare Triage. There is some really good information in it and stuff to chew on. One take-a-way: if you wanna live a long time, it helps to have a lot of money. It's obviously not a guarantee, but money sure helps. Rumi There’s a widening gap in life expectancy between the rich and poor
Healthcare could be much better here in the US, but there is a lot of political wrangling which prevents it from happening. That is either good or bad depending on one's viewpoint. But the fact that income factors in so much to health outcomes is undeniable. Rumi
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Post by hikerchick395 on Apr 12, 2016 9:37:06 GMT -8
I had a blood test a few years back on July 3. I got the bill and it was four times the amount as the previous comparable test. I took in the bill and asked why, mentioning that I didn't have my blood test on July 4th, but on the 3rd. Turns out that the hospital assumed that since the blood test was taken on a holiday, that I must've been an inpatient, so was charged as such.
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Post by cajun on Apr 16, 2016 18:56:39 GMT -8
I went to the doctor the other day and, for some unknown reason, they marked me as "uninsured / cash" (though the other charges that day were all billed to insurance). The billed insurance rate was $250 -- the cash/uninsured rate was $76. Quite a difference!
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Post by hikinggods on Apr 16, 2016 19:34:04 GMT -8
That's interesting, Cajun. I have observed the opposite recently. I had a trip to the ER last month; the bill just came. It was over $12,000. The deal after the insurance negotiated price with the hospital was $3800. The cost to me was $125. If I had been an uninsured person (thank GOD I wasn't), it would have cost me over $12,000. Crazy.
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Post by cajun on Apr 18, 2016 18:21:54 GMT -8
Today's copay was $6300!!
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Post by rebeccad on Apr 18, 2016 19:36:56 GMT -8
Today's copay was $6300!! Ouch! Glad we have Kaiser. Though we've never tested them on big things, aside from childbirth (for which we didn't even have to make our usual $10 copay).
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Post by reuben on Apr 18, 2016 23:42:48 GMT -8
Rebecca, they let you have the kids cheap. They know they'll get you on maintenance costs later.
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Post by zeke on Apr 19, 2016 4:46:25 GMT -8
Today's copay was $6300!! I am not sure how anyone could say copay should be over $1000 for a 1 day surgery. That is the scam part, also.
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Post by cajun on Apr 19, 2016 17:09:39 GMT -8
Yeah, everyone in the hospital knew who I was before surgery -- I had chats with lots of supervisors. I'll tell you about it one day.
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Post by jj on Apr 19, 2016 18:52:11 GMT -8
No kidding! Hospitals & Chronic bronchitis from severe Asthma are a joke. I can tell them the problem after 25 years of living it. 2 Saturday ER visits (my dr closed) on self pay = $6000 for 2 prednisone tablets and 2 breathing treatments. Yes, I still hike. I can't beat it so I darn well will live my life to the fullest. The funny part, wouldn't be covered by the ACA insurance nor the medicine I take so add $1075/mo to that if we actually signed up not to mention it wouldn't hit the deductible. Useless insurance agreed!
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Post by tallgrass on Apr 19, 2016 19:53:50 GMT -8
Friend has cystic fibrosis. She has the correct mutation to qualify for kaleydeco treatment. Which alone costs~$250,000 a year! Insurance company refuses to pay as they said the already spend $100.000/year on her for hospital stays. Now mind you, kaleydeco is as close to a cure as they can get, so in other words a complete overhaul in quality of life. Ins company plainly said it's cheaper to them to pay the hospital stays compared to the drug costs (and insinuated they'd really save the money with her shortened life span compared to taking the drug).
After several months, her hospital found money to offset the cost to the level where the insurance would pay a portion, hospital would cover the rest.
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Post by amaruq on Apr 20, 2016 4:07:33 GMT -8
Ins company plainly said it's cheaper to them to pay the hospital stays compared to the drug costs (and insinuated they'd really save the money with her shortened life span compared to taking the drug). That is downright infuriating. Sounds like US health insurance is run by crooks.
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Post by hikerjer on Apr 22, 2016 18:15:41 GMT -8
Sounds like US health insurance is run by crooks. Duh?
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Post by RumiDude on Apr 25, 2016 14:12:48 GMT -8
I offer up another video from Healthcare Triage. There is some really good information in it and stuff to chew on. One take-a-way: if you wanna live a long time, it helps to have a lot of money. It's obviously not a guarantee, but money sure helps. Rumi There’s a widening gap in life expectancy between the rich and poor
Healthcare could be much better here in the US, but there is a lot of political wrangling which prevents it from happening. That is either good or bad depending on one's viewpoint. But the fact that income factors in so much to health outcomes is undeniable. Rumi More on this ...Rumi ~the not so rich~Dude
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