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Posted on 6/14/23 at 12:52 pm to RandySavage
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You need new insurance.
And yet, you just saying it doesn’t help anyone. Maybe he does have shitty insurance…but that just illustrates how dumb the current system of tying insurance to employment is.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 1:24 pm to kennypowers
Demand an itemized bill and go over it with a fine tooth comb.
Everyone I know that has done this find all kinds of erroneous charges,like charged for 10 sleeping pills and were only in hospital 1 night.
Other things that show up are charges for items and drugs that couldn’t possibly have been used considering the diagnosis.
It happens so often I am convinced it’s not an accident.
Everyone I know that has done this find all kinds of erroneous charges,like charged for 10 sleeping pills and were only in hospital 1 night.
Other things that show up are charges for items and drugs that couldn’t possibly have been used considering the diagnosis.
It happens so often I am convinced it’s not an accident.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 3:28 pm to Gideon Swashbuckler
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After, mom can always eat the placenta to boost milk production.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 3:49 pm to Loup
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This pisses me off. They're incentivizing folks who shouldn't have kids to have kids
Certain groups of people shouldn’t have kids at all. The people that can least afford children seem to have the most.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 4:46 pm to HonCHO
I hope that you went to college and voted Democrat. Congratulation's on learning things aren't free. Someone has to pick up the tab for those who won't work.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 5:00 pm to HonCHO
You're bitching about poor people, yet in almost every 1st world country, they pay 10% of what we pay for the same Healthcare items. The system is fricked here, its all about the money, not the care. And don't say, "but the care is so much better" because it's not.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 5:07 pm to HonCHO
Do not prepay. Never. Bill the insurance and go from there. If they insist, give them $50 bucks.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 5:18 pm to Gifman
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My hospital bill for my boy was $100,000 before insurance kicked in
Charges don't mean anything. Everybody gets so worked up about the bills. Your insurance copay is the only thing that matters. Nobody pays charges.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 5:21 pm to OweO
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but at $50 a pop thats $591.15 profit for every 24 Tylenol the hospital gave to patients.
Most stupid and incorrect comment ever. The hospital doesn't get paid $591 by anyone for that Tylenol. The hospital gets paid a lump sum for your stay by Medicare, Medicaid, and some other payors. The hospital gets paid per day by Blue Cross, Aetna, etc. That charge is meaningless.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 5:22 pm to GreenRockTiger
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But why is ghetto Joe’s visit only $80 and ceo Joe is $250 at the same hospital??? That’s the problem
Ask your insurance company. They are the ones who dictate what you pay. The hospital has a contract with everyone of them. The insurance company is the one with the power.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 5:26 pm to GeauxOCDP
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You're bitching about poor people, yet in almost every 1st world country, they pay 10% of what we pay for the same Healthcare items. The system is fricked here, its all about the money, not the care. And don't say, "but the care is so much better" because it's not.
Yeah somebody was bitching about the time they were in Europe and had to wait for an ambulance. That shite happens here daily.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 5:27 pm to LaLadyinTx
quote:really? Bc the insurance pays whatever part they are supposed to according to their contract, but they are billed whatever by the hospital
The insurance company is the one with the power.
Maybe I should’ve said it clearer -Medicaid & private insurance are BILLED $250 - Medicaid pays $80, the hospital writes off the rest, but private insurance pays $175 - with ceo Joe left to to pay the rest
I walk in and pay $80 cash
Insurance companies are screwing ppl over
Posted on 6/14/23 at 5:32 pm to kennypowers
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Cuts out the massive amount of for-profit middlemen. Again, we’re already paying all of this money. We know how much the car costs. You’re telling me we can’t do better than this nonsense we have right now?
Yes. Then the amount taken from your check for insurance will be controlled by the Feds. I actually believe a properly run system would work. I just don't believe our govt can run it properly. Look at what happened to insurance premiums after the ACA. All they did was shift coverage. In effect, they could have just expanded Medicaid coverage and left everything else the way it was. Instead, they decided that your insurance is "substandard" and determined what coverage everyone should have, even if you don't want it.
There's plenty money out there in the system to have a good single payor system. But no one will like it. Take your pick of 2...access (appointments with the docs you want, mostly when you want them), cost (not expensive...affordable), cutting edge technology (all the latest treatments, drugs, devices, techniques). You just can't have it all. We keep trying to pretend like we can. So instead, we have ended up with some access and technology. If you pick a cheap plan, you don't even get access. They control it.
We keep patching a broken system and acting like the damn won't break.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 5:38 pm to kywildcatfanone
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Welcome to America. The land of opportunity for only the left.
Damn it must be exhausting to be a perennial victim
Posted on 6/14/23 at 5:38 pm to GreenRockTiger
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eally? Bc the insurance pays whatever part they are supposed to according to their contract, but they are billed whatever by the hospital
No. The insurance company is billed what they contractually agreed to pay for. The hospital writes off the rest of the charges. It's called a contractual adjustment and happens on pretty much every single claim. Insurance companies pay a per diem. So much per day...the hospital writes off the rest. Your copay is what your contract between you and the insurance company says it is. It's not because of the hospital. I agree that insurance companies are screwing people over.
Private INsurance - Billed $250. Private Insurance pays $175. You pay whatever your insurance company said your would.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 5:39 pm to Jim Rockford
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Yeah somebody was bitching about the time they were in Europe and had to wait for an ambulance.
That was me, clown. We could see the front door of the hospital from where the little girl was, and her leg was chewed up and bleeding. The kid couldn't be strapped back into the bike to be pedaled to the hospital.
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NHS ambulance chaos blamed for 230 heart patient deaths a week
LINK Put your blinders back on and keep ignoring reality.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 5:40 pm to LaLadyinTx
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Take your pick of 2...access (appointments with the docs you want, mostly when you want them), cost (not expensive...affordable), cutting edge technology (all the latest treatments, drugs, devices, techniques). You just can't have it all. We keep trying to pretend like we can. So instead, we have ended up with some access and technology. If you pick a cheap plan, you don't even get access. They control it.
So does my downvoter think we can have it all? If so, please explain how we can?
Posted on 6/14/23 at 5:43 pm to GeauxOCDP
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yet in almost every 1st world country, they pay 10% of what we pay
Yes.
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for the same Healthcare items
Not even close.
Posted on 6/14/23 at 5:46 pm to LaLadyinTx
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I actually believe a properly run system would work. I just don't believe our govt can run it properly
The question isnt would the gov do a good job.
It is would they do a better job than the current system and for less money?
Clearing "better than now" is a lot easier than good.
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