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Evolve Dammit

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59. It's predatory, exclusive and corporate driven for profit. Profit. Remember when BC/BS was non-profit?? I do.

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I referred a cardiac patient the other day for an echocardiogram. She messaged me back, saying the co-pay was $500. [View all] Aristus Yesterday OP

Your money or your life Easterncedar Yesterday #1

First your money, then your life. Harker 15 hrs ago #62

Why Not Vice-Versa! Let Me Give You a Hand with That Will! The Roux Comes First 12 hrs ago #80

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Close to that Prairie Gates Yesterday #3

DURec leftstreet Yesterday #4

My buddy went by ambulance to North Western in Chicago (big beautiful hospital downtown) Hassin Bin Sober Yesterday #5

nwm actually has a huge endowment for charity care, so mopinko Yesterday #6

Yes my mom had to give her credit card exboyfil 18 hrs ago #51

I work as a motorcycle funeral escort Quanto Magnus 17 hrs ago #56

You don't work for Jeremy Dewitte, do you? Hassin Bin Sober 16 hrs ago #61

That happened a few months ago when my wife was having a bad AFIB attack and starting to panic... LuckyCharms 11 hrs ago #87

It is early January. Probably not the copay, but the deductible. Ms. Toad 23 hrs ago #7

Unfortunately, I had a lot of imaging last year... Sweet Freedom 23 hrs ago #8

here ya go Nigrum Cattus 23 hrs ago #9

I know someone who suggests Bettie 23 hrs ago #12

Much messier, tho. But the visuals would be excellent. erronis 22 hrs ago #20

Yup. Ocelot II 22 hrs ago #27

He says that the stain Bettie 20 hrs ago #36

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let's kill all the billionaires markie 23 hrs ago #17

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If you're here to bash liberals, you must be at the wrong site. Aristus 19 hrs ago #38

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Sounds serious Torchlight 19 hrs ago #42

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I hope your day gets better Torchlight 19 hrs ago #46

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Sounds serious Torchlight 19 hrs ago #48

GFY, troll Celerity 19 hrs ago #43

You joined to say that? Enjoy your stay!!! GP6971 19 hrs ago #44

spill it Skittles 14 hrs ago #65

There were two trolls in that thread...not sure if they were one and the same. GP6971 13 hrs ago #67

I always wonder about these people Skittles 12 hrs ago #70

They're Inveterate Trolls. Cha 12 hrs ago #71

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Send a pizza to the library. NewHendoLib 12 hrs ago #75

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except when you haunt them to troll a website for decades NewHendoLib 12 hrs ago #79

A Tombstone. Cha 11 hrs ago #82

You are back. sheshe2 12 hrs ago #78

Another one just responded to you! sheshe2 12 hrs ago #76

AW MAN, WTF Skittles 11 hrs ago #81

The juries and MIRT are quick! sheshe2 11 hrs ago #83

I BOW TO THEM Skittles 11 hrs ago #84

Trick or Troll sheshe2 11 hrs ago #86

Deductibles are killer lonely bird 23 hrs ago #10

Sorry to butt in with unsolicited medical advice - Ms. Toad 22 hrs ago #24

Didn't know that lonely bird 13 hrs ago #69

I was in an auto accident Dec 19th Bettie 23 hrs ago #11

Wow - that is shocking! FakeNoose 23 hrs ago #16

They did xrays when I was taken to the ER Bettie 23 hrs ago #19

Glad you're doing better, Bettie! calimary 22 hrs ago #23

Guessing they recommend a specialized radiation office - where they are part owners.... erronis 22 hrs ago #21

Is that because the injury was caused by a car accident? Ms. Toad 22 hrs ago #22

Could be Bettie 20 hrs ago #35

i believe they are trying to kill us. barbtries 23 hrs ago #13

Government program to give Paxlovid justaprogressive 23 hrs ago #14

On the $0 premium plan available in my area, Ms. Toad 22 hrs ago #30

But, But, But popsdenver 16 hrs ago #58

As someone here said awhile back, "there should be a noose on every lamp post up and down Pennsylvania avenue." Hotler 23 hrs ago #18

The French have the right idea. Steve Miller should be the first one on the lamp post. BComplex 22 hrs ago #25

I HAD The Same Thing DallasNE 22 hrs ago #26

She got off easy. I'm still making payments on a $7300 procedure last year that was only $250 in 2024. unblock 22 hrs ago #28

Whoa! :( moonscape 18 hrs ago #50

They already have a plan. OGBuzz 22 hrs ago #29

AI and slaves. quakerboy 21 hrs ago #31

Agree with earlier folks -- likely deductible season JT45242 21 hrs ago #32

Does this mean Mme. Defarge 21 hrs ago #33

An entire administration's-worth, if you please, Madame. Aristus 19 hrs ago #40

Shrouds Inc.? Mme. Defarge 19 hrs ago #49

You'll be going public any time now. Aristus 18 hrs ago #55

tell her to get a Kardia Skittles 20 hrs ago #34

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My recent colonoscopy cost me a grand. Mosby 18 hrs ago #52

Sort of. progressoid 18 hrs ago #53

I had to do a second procedure Mosby 16 hrs ago #57

yup Skittles 16 hrs ago #60

are there any other hospitals up there anymore? Kali 13 hrs ago #68

Yeah, my PCP thought I should have another prior to the 5 year schedule due to progressoid 12 hrs ago #73

There's a little catch - Ms. Toad 14 hrs ago #66

Hell, I have not been able to address anything for several months now. OldBaldy1701E 18 hrs ago #54

US companies are going after the NHS in the markodochartaigh 9 hrs ago #88

It's predatory, exclusive and corporate driven for profit. Profit. Remember when BC/BS was non-profit?? I do. Evolve Dammit 16 hrs ago #59

This is exactly what is happening to us, too... slightlv 15 hrs ago #63

I had to get angioplasty recently and was given an estimate that I had to pay dsc 14 hrs ago #64

$250 for CT scan of lungs, pelvis Jersey Devil 12 hrs ago #72

Aerosmith AllyCat 11 hrs ago #85

What a disjointed whacked out system DFW 6 hrs ago #89