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Aerows

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13. My jaw has been on the floor since I opened both

Reply to Whisp (Reply #11)

Wed Mar 5, 2014, 01:49 PM

Mar 2014

$18,000. I spent maybe an hour in the ER, nothing special, didn't get anesthesia or anything, just horrible crap injected into my hand. I then spent about ten minutes for the next five shots.

Like I said, I'm stunned.

And yes, my insurance company is balking and refuses to pay.

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Health care costs in the US are completely reasonable [View all] Aerows Mar 2014 OP

$18,000 for just your rabies series? Autumn Mar 2014 #1

I was stunned Aerows Mar 2014 #4

It was $5,082 two years ago: jsr Mar 2014 #2

I got the nasty one where they inject it directly into the wound Aerows Mar 2014 #3

It was $13,000 four years ago for my uncle in Atlanta. stillwaiting Mar 2014 #6

thats about what it was for us two years ago belcffub Mar 2014 #22

Easy money. I don't know why everybody JEB Mar 2014 #5

My mind is officially blown Aerows Mar 2014 #7

Oh, and icing on the cake? Aerows Mar 2014 #8

I thought under the ACA they had to cover stuff like this rurallib Mar 2014 #9

This is insurance before the ACA Aerows Mar 2014 #10

On what grounds? Warren Stupidity Mar 2014 #12

I'll get the letter Aerows Mar 2014 #14

Rabies is a 99.9999 fatal disease, Warren Stupidity Mar 2014 #15

If I knew this was coming? Aerows Mar 2014 #16

Send them $500 and a note saying JEB Mar 2014 #20

WTF. I know for a fact that Medicare covers rabies shots if you're bitten by a dog. jsr Mar 2014 #17

!!!! Whisp Mar 2014 #11

My jaw has been on the floor since I opened both Aerows Mar 2014 #13

First make sure it was billed correctly Sweet Freedom Mar 2014 #18

Medical insurance companies ALWAYS look for a reason to decline a payment. When I worked as an adirondacker Mar 2014 #19

not sure where you are from belcffub Mar 2014 #23

Of course they are, good that you now agree nadinbrzezinski Mar 2014 #21