Great to see that the family got some help but still irritating to realize that the grifters got away with the grifting.
I experienced something in the same lines, doctors who become part of the problem. I had colonoscopy and endoscopy last year, did not use insurance - without insurance the total was around $2300.00. If I had used insurance it would be at least $6000.00. Obviously, like capitalism dictates, had to pay before the procedure.
Then, last month, I got a bill for $750.00. Asked for a itemized bill and it came a mess of charges that didn't make sense.
Called the office - they don't use a billing company - and they told me that it was an error, that that was "something internal", something about part of my payment getting moved around, I should not have received the bill.
I asked for an updated statement with $0.00 balance but there is nothing in this world that will convince me that they didn't do that on purpose, that they do this regularly and that some people pay whatever they receive, so they pay twice.
I haven’t read in your articles a solution using universal health care policies. How much money do you make helping people manage a dysfunctional system.? Would your purpose as a patient advocate be obsolete if the health system became human again? I’m not saying you don’t provide a service in exposing criminal medical behavior, yet shouldn’t it go further than this? What do you propose needs to change?
It's a great story and really exposes the rot/greed that has spread throughout the medical care industrial complex.
i suspect that 90% of hospital bills over $50,000 contain some sort of error...and 90% of those errors are in the hospital's favor.
Great to see that the family got some help but still irritating to realize that the grifters got away with the grifting.
I experienced something in the same lines, doctors who become part of the problem. I had colonoscopy and endoscopy last year, did not use insurance - without insurance the total was around $2300.00. If I had used insurance it would be at least $6000.00. Obviously, like capitalism dictates, had to pay before the procedure.
Then, last month, I got a bill for $750.00. Asked for a itemized bill and it came a mess of charges that didn't make sense.
Called the office - they don't use a billing company - and they told me that it was an error, that that was "something internal", something about part of my payment getting moved around, I should not have received the bill.
I asked for an updated statement with $0.00 balance but there is nothing in this world that will convince me that they didn't do that on purpose, that they do this regularly and that some people pay whatever they receive, so they pay twice.
I haven’t read in your articles a solution using universal health care policies. How much money do you make helping people manage a dysfunctional system.? Would your purpose as a patient advocate be obsolete if the health system became human again? I’m not saying you don’t provide a service in exposing criminal medical behavior, yet shouldn’t it go further than this? What do you propose needs to change?