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LuckyCharms

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9. This is typical insurance company bullshit.

Reply to Blue_true (Reply #4)

Sun Jan 7, 2018, 08:42 PM

Jan 2018

ANY time they can dispute charges, they will dispute. They are such fucking assholes. Sorry for the language, but this is my hot button.

What will happen is the patient will not be able to pay, so the hospital and doctor will just go in circles with the insurance company until they get some money. They will also try to get whatever they can from the patient if the insurance won't pay. The hospital will also end up writing off a ton of the cost.

The medicine and physical therapy part of this is much more problematic. This is why we need single payer.

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Pre-existing conditions. [View all] Blue_true Jan 2018 OP

Normally, the hospital will get pre-approval from the LuckyCharms Jan 2018 #1

As best that I could figure out, the person had something like an anuresym. Blue_true Jan 2018 #4

This is typical insurance company bullshit. LuckyCharms Jan 2018 #9

I am ok with single payer. Anyone who is a citizen get treated without bullshit. Blue_true Jan 2018 #12

The Affordable Care Act is still the law of the land and has not been repealed so assuming as you politicaljunkie41910 Jan 2018 #14

You are so right Ohiogal Jan 2018 #2

The person isn't a friend. A stranger actually. But what happened is really sad and enraging. nt Blue_true Jan 2018 #5

something isn't right......... Takket Jan 2018 #3

The person is not a friend. Blue_true Jan 2018 #6

Sounds like it was an emergency surgery. n/t LuckyCharms Jan 2018 #11

If the surgery happened before the ACA Ms. Toad Jan 2018 #7

I don't know the person, but was told the policy is post ACA. Blue_true Jan 2018 #8

What state is this? kag Jan 2018 #10

Florida. There are plenty of Attornies here that sue insurance companies. nt Blue_true Jan 2018 #13

The ACA says that all policies, whether group or individual, have to cover the Essential Benefits, pnwmom Jan 2018 #15