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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on October 01, 2009, 06:19:10 PM
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Oh my.
greenbriar (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-01-09 05:05 PM
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HEll yea I want the public option I have good insurance and am still getting screwed...
I spent 5 days in the hospital the insurance company TOLD me I had to use...
cost me 500 bucks which I felt wasn't so bad since the bill is almost 30 grand
got a bill today
they took my blood like 5 times a day and the pathology lab is "OUT OF NETWORK" so I get to pay the excess amount because of that
like I had a choice?
shit you would think that if you were in the "correct" hospital that everything would be in network
anarch (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-01-09 05:11 PM
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1. I agree
I have "good" insurance too, and I'm still mired in medical debt and have had to choose between medicine and food more than a few times.
dem mba (231 posts) Thu Oct-01-09 05:27 PM
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2. what BS
I would raise a stink about it, who knows, maybe the squeaky wheel will get some grease?
threaten to send your case to your congressman. I bet they will go out of their way to avoid any bad press at this key moment.
Ironman3476 (19 posts) Thu Oct-01-09 05:56 PM
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3. And once you get them to pay it,
Go ahead and send the details to your congressman anyway.They're still lowlifes.
greenbriar (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-01-09 06:15 PM
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4. good idea
My first call is to the insurance company
Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-01-09 06:25 PM
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5. Don't pay
Really. Contest the charges. Negotiate civilly. Scream fraud, call your congressman, do whatever it takes. We need to stop laying down and simply taking it. This is robbery and we all need to stop it.
renate (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-01-09 06:28 PM
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6. keep calling until you get the answer you want
In my (fortunately, limited) experience with dealing with insurance companies, the satisfaction you get will vary with the competence of the person on the other end of the line.
Ruby the Liberal (703 posts) Thu Oct-01-09 06:42 PM
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7. Call your state insurance commissioner.
You have no control over labs (or hospital staff for that matter).
File a formal complaint with the state. It isn't quick, but it may be effective.
Oh, and one thing I did when fighting Blue Cross over a similar issue? I didn't threaten to call an attorney (or the state) -- I told them my first call was going to be to the local news. That was several years ago, but may work wonders in this politically charged climate. They straightened everything out within the week.
Damn, the greenbriar primitive is cheap.
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Dayum, these DUmmies are stoopid. Even with the public option, there will still be deductibles and co-payments.
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Dayum, these DUmmies are stoopid. Even with the public option, there will still be deductibles and co-payments.
And they will have to surrender bank account information, so the government will be able to withdraw their money without them even knowing it . . .
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And they will have to surrender bank account information, so the government will be able to withdraw their money without them even knowing it . . .
And taken as far as they wish it would be notice of a lien against their property if they own any.
They are truly stupid for not investigating what it would mean to have what they wish for.
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Dayum, these DUmmies are stoopid. Even with the public option, there will still be deductibles and co-payments.
They see "public" and assume it means someone elses tax dollars.
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greenbriar (1000+ posts) Thu Oct-01-09 05:05 PM
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they took my blood like 5 times a day
Bullshit. No Dr. or phlebotomist would draw blood 5 times a day.
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Bullshit. No Dr. or phlebotomist would draw blood 5 times a day.
she needs a lobotomist
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Hey bitch, your health is YOUR responsibility. I, to be quite honest, could care less if you dropped ****in' dead tomorrow. Why am I supposed to be responsible for your sorry ass?
Damn, I hate this bitch.
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Wait until ObamaCare withdraws cash from her checking account and puts a lien on her house or puts her on a 6 month waiting list to see a specialist. Meanwhile Congress has doctors on call.
I am sure she would love it.
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Bullshit. No Dr. or phlebotomist would draw blood 5 times a day.
No kidding. I suppose there are some rare cases where they might draw blood that often, but VERY VERY rare.
I'm calling bullshit on this idiot.
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The stupid is strong here. If they want frustration, they should head over to a country that actually has universal healthcare....Who are they gonna call when the government makes them pay? Ghostbusters?
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Is she becoming our new TiT?
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Is she becoming our new TiT?
Becoming? She and TIT used to flirt back and forth btw! A match made in hell! :-)
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These people expend more time and what little energy they have trying to scam and duck their debts. They can dress it up all they want in high-flown rhetoric, try to politicise it, etc, but in the end they are what they are, a lot of deadbeats. I would HATE to have to deal with these people in business, as a landlord, any transaction involving money. They are the people who raise prices on the rest of us with their deadbeat scamming ways.
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Bullshit. No Dr. or phlebotomist would draw blood 5 times a day.
You know, I wondered about that.
In early August, I was in the emergency room of the hospital in the big city.
I had lost so much blood they actually brought the transfusion stuff, but then decided against it, because when the problem first started (at home), I had taken the precaution of downing a couple of quarts of ordinary water--I have no idea why; just this notion that it would be a good thing to get harmless liquids into my body, probably a matter of instinct.
They did all these tests and somesuch--I was fully alert and competent during the whole thing, laid back and relaxed without the help of pharmaceuticals--but then after I had been there about four hours, some guy came in and drew three of those syringe-sized vials of blood from me.
Was that a lot, or was that about the usual draw?
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You know, I wondered about that.
In early August, I was in the emergency room of the hospital in the big city.
I had lost so much blood they actually brought the transfusion stuff, but then decided against it, because when the problem first started (at home), I had taken the precaution of downing a couple of quarts of ordinary water--I have no idea why; just this notion that it would be a good thing to get harmless liquids into my body, probably a matter of instinct.
They did all these tests and somesuch--I was fully alert and competent during the whole thing, laid back and relaxed without the help of pharmaceuticals--but then after I had been there about four hours, some guy came in and drew three of those syringe-sized vials of blood from me.
Was that a lot, or was that about the usual draw?
When I go for my annual physical, they take the same from me. About 3 vials, syringe size.
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When I go for my annual physical, they take the same from me. About 3 vials, syringe size.
Thanks, sir, I really didn't know if that was a lot or not.
Having blood drawn from me is about a once-every-50-years event, probably.