re: USA will have Socialized Medicine in 20 Years - It's Inevitable

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You can be against the coming change, but what we have now is broken beyond repair. We pay a lot for our health care and have to spend time arguing on almost any service beyond a copay.

"Oh, you got a shot? Well your doctor used a surgical tray, so that's an outpatient surgery."

"We sent you to collections for this bill."
"What bill? I never got one"
"Well we sent it to you at XX because Cigna rejected your claim"
"I don't even have Cigna, I have BCBS"
"Well that sounds like your problem, this is what the doctor's office gave us"

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My wife had surgery on both feet in 2018. Pretty invasive and 140k with $10k out of pocket so not obscene.

In 2020 one of the pins came loose and protruded from the skin. Doc said come get it out. Signed nothing. In and out in 15 minutes.

We get a $7k bill.

I asked for a line item and they said they don’t do that. I said I am going to have to see where the doc is worth $28k an hour because that’s what you’re charging me. They said they couldn’t do that.

So I said I’m not paying and they said it was headed to collections. I asked “is this call recorded?” And it was. So I said clearly, your institution is charging $7k for your faulty equipment and refusing to show where that cost came from. You cannot justify and will not produce paperwork to those costs. I will not be paying it until that’s provided.”

And never heard from them again.