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In reply to the discussion: Why Americans Are Drowning in Medical Debt [View all]Egnever
(21,506 posts)45. Good info. Thank you!
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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