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In reply to the discussion: Why Americans Are Drowning in Medical Debt [View all]redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)13. This happened to me, not as much money but enough.
I was never told there would be three surgeons in the room during my back surgery until the bill came. My insurance refused to pay the third one, I argued for months and months. I had to pay it while I argued so my credit wasn't ruined. I finally won the battle, I think I wore them down after a while. I kept everything so I had all of the documents I had signed. It was $12,000, a lot of money to us.
They do this to increase the income in these large medical practices. All three of the surgeons were from the same practice.
We can't fix the cost of medical care until we address things like this.
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The discovery that ACA allows insurance to meet requirements but doesn't cover hospitalization
HereSince1628
Oct 2014
#7
It's coming! Just make sure to keep investing in health insurance corporations.
raouldukelives
Oct 2014
#33
My doc offers the same rate to a self pay patient that is agreed to for ins. co's and medicare.
napi21
Oct 2014
#53
Perhaps a highly skilled specialist in a rare aspect of the surgery being performed?
CTyankee
Oct 2014
#22
Health and education - two of the many things I think government should provide for it's citizens.
CrispyQ
Oct 2014
#28
i have been going ot this urgent care. with whole family.. get an xray and a month later a bill,
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#29
a doctor, that we are seeing, that takes care of the issue, reads it and then
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#34
Your x-rays have almost always been read by a radiologist.......for the last 40 years or more.
WillowTree
Oct 2014
#40
Wow willow. I was appreciating the info until the unwarranted snark at the end
seabeyond
Oct 2014
#41
America needs single payer. That's the only solution to the problem of medical debt.
Louisiana1976
Oct 2014
#51
I was worried about the issue of out-of-network, though I didn't realize that most ER physicians
pnwmom
Oct 2014
#52
Why did they tack on the assistant surgeon without clearing the insurance issue?
flamingdem
Oct 2014
#67