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re: Healthcare in this country is a bunch of absolute crap for those who actually pay for it.
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:38 am to DiamondDog
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:38 am to DiamondDog
Hospitals are private business
Most have a misconception that they exist solely to help hurt and sick people.
They exist to make money.
I am equally angered by your situation.
Most have a misconception that they exist solely to help hurt and sick people.
They exist to make money.
I am equally angered by your situation.
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Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:38 am to DiamondDog
They didnt even offer a payment plan?
Yes ma'am, I can only afford $1/month interest free for the next 600 months.
Yes ma'am, I can only afford $1/month interest free for the next 600 months.
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:38 am to Cotten
quote:
Well I was fully expecting a relatively large bill, but about two weeks later got a bill in the mail for a total of something like $190 for everything. I called them up and asked if that was run through insurance and the woman said no, they had me marked as no insurance.
This is bringing me to a whole new level of pissed off
Like maybe I should present as no insurance. Wait to see what happens and then have the claims filed if a bill comes back.Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:38 am to lesgeaux
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Received a $24,000 bill two weeks later
If you have any normal type of insurance, there is zero chance this was your actual out of pocket. Are you quoting the gross charges on the bill?
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:39 am to DiamondDog
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they routinely. Routinely EAT MILLIONS of DOLLARS in surgical costs. ROUTINELY see patients with no way to pay and no way to collect.
The problem is they really don't or the cost are inflated to account for the ones who don't pay. If they truly were losing money there would be bankrupt hospitals all over the country. The ones with insurance and who pay in full are offsetting the "losses".
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:39 am to Blackfield
Gross yeah, but still absolutely absurd. My OOP was $8,000
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:40 am to DiamondDog
PREACH ON!!!!
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:41 am to DiamondDog
our entire society is built on the balancing act of cards that expects the vast majority of working class people to just suck it up while the leeches suck up more and more resources and politicians laugh to the bank
it’s the same way with anything right now. Pee in public as a homeless person, maybe yelled at. Pee in public as a white 20 year old college student, arrested, jail, $500-$1000 in fines on your record, etc.
Drive around with no insurance no registration no inspection as an illegal immigrant, won’t even get stopped. But make sure you take hours out of our life every year and pay hundreds of dollars to keep your car “up to date” and be ticketed right as it lapses
don’t even get me started on just allowing people to walk out of stores with full shopping carts
could go on and on. there are just no real consequences for people anymore and too many people who just don’t care
it’s the same way with anything right now. Pee in public as a homeless person, maybe yelled at. Pee in public as a white 20 year old college student, arrested, jail, $500-$1000 in fines on your record, etc.
Drive around with no insurance no registration no inspection as an illegal immigrant, won’t even get stopped. But make sure you take hours out of our life every year and pay hundreds of dollars to keep your car “up to date” and be ticketed right as it lapses
don’t even get me started on just allowing people to walk out of stores with full shopping carts
could go on and on. there are just no real consequences for people anymore and too many people who just don’t care
This post was edited on 9/29/23 at 8:49 am
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:41 am to DiamondDog
We effectively pay the lower class (and now lower middle class) to not revolt.
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:41 am to MasterJSchroeder
quote:
Hospitals are private business
Most have a misconception that they exist solely to help hurt and sick people.
They exist to make money.
I am equally angered by your situation.
See this is where I agree.
In business, I see that as a slam dunk.
If someone offers me $.80 on a residual balance timely, where I didn't have to chase them (calls, correspondence, etc.) that's a clear savings in my book. Because it's cash money in pocket after insurance has been paid. There's no further expenditure of resources.
Not for these bunch of Nazis apparently.
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:42 am to Chef Curry
quote:Truth
We don’t have healthcare in this country, we have sick care. Insurance, especially medical, is one of the largest scams known to man and are 100% in bed with the medical/pharma industries to screw the payer.
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:44 am to Eighteen
Yeah this pisses me off. When I lived in Denver I went to my first Rockies game. I assumed the light rail ran all night, but come to find out it doesn't. I go to plug my phone in as it died so I can call an Uber. Cop yells at me, asking me why I think I can steal electricity. Literally a homeless guy sleeping on a bench with all his shite plugged in, so I point to him. Cop says he can't do anything about that, but I can't charge my phone. I have figured out that's basically society now in a nutshell. People in power will only hold those who care responsible, and have all but admitted the lower class can do whatever they want.
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:44 am to DiamondDog
As someone else pointed out, call again and catch someone else. At a minimum, she should have said she'd take the $490 and tell you when the $118 would be due.
I'd imagine anyone saying they have primo insurance, would have a plan with a $0 deductible. When I go to the Dr/Urgent Care/ER... I pay my co-pay and never have to worry about a bill down the road.
Also, if you really want to get pissed. See how much they charged your insurance company, and how much they reduced that bill from the insurance company. Yet are not willing to shave $100 off of your bill
quote:
I have primo insurance with a deductible.
I'd imagine anyone saying they have primo insurance, would have a plan with a $0 deductible. When I go to the Dr/Urgent Care/ER... I pay my co-pay and never have to worry about a bill down the road.
Also, if you really want to get pissed. See how much they charged your insurance company, and how much they reduced that bill from the insurance company. Yet are not willing to shave $100 off of your bill
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:45 am to DiamondDog
Next time, provide no insurance cards. Provide no identification. Write down fake names. Gain the broken system.
This is not financial advice
This is not financial advice
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:47 am to Weekend Warrior79
They have to pay for those ER visits for STD checks, prego tests, and stuffy noses...
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:47 am to DiamondDog
Single payer is what we need, like every other country has.
If we could cut some BS spending, we could finance universal healthcare without massive tax increases.
If we could cut some BS spending, we could finance universal healthcare without massive tax increases.
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:48 am to Weekend Warrior79
OP should call back and offer less.
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:48 am to BluegrassBelle
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I’ve never had a hospital accounting/billing office not at least offer a payment plan. And typically at a discounted rate
OLOL offered me a payment plan last year, but there was no reduction in bill. It ended up that on the payment plan i would still have to pay like $500 per month.
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:49 am to AUstar
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Single payer is what we need, like every other country has.
If we could cut some BS spending, we could finance universal healthcare without massive tax increases.
Yeah, that's great. So me and the homeless can get equal level benefits yet my taxes are paying for it. He nuts off on park benches.
That may be so currently but it's not so in your face.
Posted on 9/29/23 at 8:50 am to DiamondDog
There wasn’t a walk in clinic in the area instead of going to the ER for a non emergency?
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