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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on August 10, 2013, 02:07:53 PM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/1183741
Oh my.
Suich (8,953 posts) Fri Aug 9, 2013, 02:21 AM
I'm on Medicare and am drowning in paperwork!
Do you ever get those things in the mail that say, "THIS IS NOT A BILL?" Am I supposed to save them? The most recent one I got said:
First page: Blood draw from vein..$9.00
Second page: Uric acid test...$20.00
These are from my supplemental insurance and the stack is growing. I'm with Group Health, and am pretty sure everything is on-line.
elleng (41,773 posts) Fri Aug 9, 2013, 02:30 AM
1. File, and ignore, I suggest.
Save in case you want to take issue with any 'Bills,' if and when they come.
MADem (89,894 posts) Fri Aug 9, 2013, 03:04 AM
2. This is not a bill means you don't have to pay it.
What they are doing is telling you what services you have received, or that they think you have received.
If you get one that says "Heart/lung transplant" and you never had any such thing, you need to get ahold of them and sort out who is using your benefit.
Keep them just in case....
Little Star (12,246 posts) Fri Aug 9, 2013, 07:43 AM
3. Maybe for tax purposes also, if you had to pay some medical cost?
Sienna86 (825 posts) Fri Aug 9, 2013, 08:15 AM
4. Explanation of Benefits (EOBs)
I keep them in a file each year. Useful to keep a record of what was done and when. Also, if someone would qualify for a medical expenses deduction of their taxes, then the records would be useful.
trof (44,066 posts) Fri Aug 9, 2013, 09:54 AM
5. I toss 'em.
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You wonder how someone as stupid as Sewage reached the age of 65.
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Remember "medicare for all" dummie? You can keep it. I'll stay with my insurance.
Medicare sucks. Learned that with my dad.
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These are from my supplemental insurance and the stack is growing. I'm with Group Health, and am pretty sure everything is on-line.
I suspect supplementals have an "out of pocket" amount per yr before they kick in any money. My dads was $5000 per yr. Medicare paid 80%, dad had to pay the 20% up to the 5k.
I can't believe medicare only pays $9 for a blood test. How do doctors and labs make any money with those amounts?
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I suspect supplementals have an "out of pocket" amount per yr before they kick in any money. My dads was $5000 per yr. Medicare paid 80%, dad had to pay the 20% up to the 5k.
I can't believe medicare only pays $9 for a blood test. How do doctors and labs make any money with those amounts?
They don't Dori. Medicaid pays even less. Never did understand why the libbies got the jones for single payer.
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They don't Dori. Medicaid pays even less. Never did understand why the libbies got the jones for single payer.
They think with single payer the government will send them all to the Mayo clinic.
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They think with single payer the government will send them all to the Mayo clinic.
Exactly. And, they think with single payer they'll be able to get unlimited tests for every twinge they think they have. And the meds! Whatever commercial on TV that they self-diagnose with, they think they'll be able to call the doctor of their choice and request and get it.
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I suspect supplementals have an "out of pocket" amount per yr before they kick in any money. My dads was $5000 per yr. Medicare paid 80%, dad had to pay the 20% up to the 5k.
I can't believe medicare only pays $9 for a blood test. How do doctors and labs make any money with those amounts?
Like I've been telling the little goons all along: When "single payer" gets here, their little goonie sick asses will no longer be patients of a respectful and caring medical industry. They will be a useless and forgettable liability to a unconcerned government program.
Little goons ask, "Why should there be profit in medicine?". I always answer, "So it will be available, innovative, motivated, and service-oriented."
I wonder if it will ever soak in.
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Exactly. And, they think with single payer they'll be able to get unlimited tests for every twinge they think they have. And the meds! Whatever commercial on TV that they self-diagnose with, they think they'll be able to call the doctor of their choice and request and get it.
And every drug commercial I see on TV is a law firm trying to sign people up for a class action lawsuit if they had taken that drug. :whatever:
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Reid has admitted single payer was the purpose all along...
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/aug/10/reid-says-obamacare-just-step-toward-eventual-sing/ (http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/aug/10/reid-says-obamacare-just-step-toward-eventual-sing/)
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And every drug commercial I see on TV is a law firm trying to sign people up for a class action lawsuit if they had taken that drug. :whatever:
I know - isn't that amazing!
And the warnings of side affects - uufda! :-)
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Should actually read your EOB's. You can find out if the provider is billing for services that you did not get. Also, the practice that I am in, we bill at the completion of services. Sometimes that is 4-8 or 10 weeks after we start providing services. But, with each weekly fill there is often a co-pay on that fill, so, when you get a bill after 10 weeks for your cumulative co-pay, and complain, we can say, please read your EOB and it will show that it was filled 10 times, your co-pay for each fill is 5 bucks, ergo the 50 dollar charge.
It is a summary of what the insurance company is paying, what the office billed, what your share is. READ IT AT LEAST