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In reply to the discussion: On 9/9/2024 I stopped in Amarillo to get week-old stitches out at an ER facility .. got the bill today: $20,000+ [View all]BigMin28
(1,681 posts)51. Republican
politician the used to be CEO of a health insurance company that committed the largest Medicare fraud in US history. Did he go to jail? No, he got elected Senator.
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On 9/9/2024 I stopped in Amarillo to get week-old stitches out at an ER facility .. got the bill today: $20,000+ [View all]
Bo Zarts
Apr 28
OP
I had a general anesthesia operation a few years ago. Never saw a bill, not a cent.
Bernardo de La Paz
Apr 28
#1
We also need control of all costs, but yes truth in billing is desperately needed also 😁
Meowmee
Apr 28
#14
Medicare and your insurance paid for it? The full amount? Or, do they pay a discounted fee?
Jim__
Apr 28
#7
You are very correct. If a place accepts Medicare assignment, they know how much
Wonder Why
Apr 28
#20
Last Christmas I was visiting my brother when my sister got an earring stuck in her ear
dsc
Apr 28
#8
Won't do any good. Doctors and hospitals charge astronomical fees because in the 1970s Medicare and other insurers
Silent Type
Apr 28
#40
It's NOT patients who do Medicare fraud, it's the BIG MEDICAL CORPORATIONS doing the fraud
Attilatheblond
Apr 28
#26
It's quite OK when racist redneck republican doctors rip off Medicare and US taxpayers
wolfie001
Apr 28
#37
Medicare will cover the service. But they'll pay less than $500 and the ER has to write-off the remainder.
Silent Type
Apr 28
#49
"wealthcare" - gotta keep those billionaires CEOS in gilded houses and yachts and keep stockholders happy. nt
CousinIT
Apr 28
#52