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Sep 17, 2019
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Don_Juan_El_Guapo
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My Dad had a bill for 11 hours in the hospital for $99K...
he had the procedure where they open up the veins in his leg (Diabetes related). To make matters worse, they kept delaying the procedure and charging him by the hour.
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$30,250 - for 11 hours in the hospital getting my 12 year old's appendix removed
timpjynx
9/17/19 3:53pm
It is out of control. I'm sorry you are going to have to deal with it.
Cougar TD
9/17/19 3:55pm
This is the core problem of healthcare, not arguing about who pays for it.
SandYFan
9/17/19 3:55pm
Exactly. Been saying this forever.
Twin Roots
9/17/19 4:13pm
what does your insurance cover?
Cougz19
9/17/19 3:56pm
They knocked down the charges to "contracted" prices (yay me) but I'm on HSA
timpjynx
9/17/19 3:59pm
Ugh! So sorry. Hate the medical racket we have going on
Goliath
9/17/19 3:56pm
It's a filthy, corrupt industry. It hides under the guise of caring for people, but it is far more corrupt than
Pimpin4Paradise
9/17/19 3:58pm
Here are a couple of my experiences from the last year:
Pimpin4Paradise
9/17/19 4:04pm
republicans havent done crap to improve the health care system
Iman23
9/17/19 3:59pm
No one has. They just pit us against each other over who should pay these
SandYFan
9/17/19 4:00pm
Here come the CB medical professionals claiming it's all the insurance carrier's
rainorsnow
9/17/19 4:00pm
They bill insurances more than they know they will be paid so that they will get the maximum possible payments from
lightmann
9/17/19 4:21pm
My Dad had a bill for 11 hours in the hospital for $99K...
Don_Juan_El_Guapo
9/17/19 4:05pm
My son's was $45,319.35 in April of this year.
RexIdaCoug
9/17/19 4:06pm
For whatever reason insurance companies pay hospitals much, much more for the
mudpupper
9/17/19 4:09pm
It's partly to do with people not paying their bills.
El Fuego
9/17/19 4:17pm
There’s more to it
Sumguy
9/17/19 5:01pm
May be some truth to that, but according to the EOBs...
timpjynx
9/17/19 5:35pm
Now check back 6 or more months later after everything is final to see how much money was really paid out.
lightmann
9/17/19 4:18pm
My son's was about $25,000 in late July
jpesk2
9/17/19 4:18pm
Son had inpatient surgery this August on his mastoid and middle ear > 66k
Saxa
9/17/19 4:21pm
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cougfanz
9/17/19 4:42pm
Been in the exact same situation. What I was told to do by 3 Docs in my fam:
Jaba
9/17/19 4:47pm
This is why the ACA and having everyone insured is a good first step.
El Fuego
9/17/19 4:55pm
Hospitals aren’t charging that much to cover uninsured care
cougfanz
9/17/19 5:13pm
It's a large portion of it. At least that's what i've heard from a friend
El Fuego
9/17/19 5:19pm
How else are they going to pay for their 12+ years of schooling after HS? 😉
Jaba
9/17/19 5:37pm
Disagree. A step in the right direction would be to
Jaba
9/17/19 5:19pm
Yeah, they suggested keeping him longer but said I could take him home if I was
timpjynx
9/17/19 4:58pm
How do you “schedule a hospital visit with a doc at the hospital”
cougfanz
9/17/19 5:17pm
I'm speaking about symptoms that don't require immediate (emergency) surgery
Jaba
9/17/19 5:33pm
We've allowed the healthcare industry to become a business instead of a service
soulcoug
9/18/19 4:08pm
You'd have to leave something in the plan as an incentive for those who excel
El Fuego
9/18/19 4:11pm
OK, sounds fair. Incentive based on excellence but not on profit.
soulcoug
9/18/19 4:19pm
Kind of.. the people that "excel in their field" often make a whole lot less as
cougfanz
9/18/19 4:28pm
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