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In reply to the discussion: Did you notice you didn't have to pay a copay for your annual exams the last 2 years? [View all]intheflow
(28,442 posts)113. Website is not really that easy to understand.
For instance, the cost estimator asks me my gender, age, and location, but not my income, so it quoted me a base rate of more than I make in month for a private insurance option, and no numbers at all for any of the other options. So I still don't have any idea what I'll be expected to shell out.
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Did you notice you didn't have to pay a copay for your annual exams the last 2 years? [View all]
Honeycombe8
Jun 2012
OP
The IRS is hiring 16,000 new enforcement agents specifically to collect fines for ACA.
Sirveri
Jun 2012
#46
Who is your ins. company? In what state? Let's check this out and get this taken care of.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2012
#51
Yes, I think it's the DOCTOR who incorrectly charges the copay. Remember, it's free for PREVENTIVE
Honeycombe8
Jun 2012
#52
I've paid a copay every single time I went to every one of my doctors this year.
Electro
Jun 2012
#2
It is now the law of the land that PREVENTIVE well exams do not have copay amounts.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2012
#56
It's the one you get the same year a truck runs you over. Then they tell you to go away...
freshwest
Jun 2012
#42
What are you talking about. I always pay a co-pay. But I am not complaining. I have
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2012
#8
I guess the prospect you come from. My son is a cook. Over $400 a month for terrible
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2012
#24
Wow, what the heck the guy suppose to do? Give them a damn leg for payment? LOL awful
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2012
#95
$400/mo. is cheap for an entire family. That doesn't mean it's easy for anyone to afford, but it's
Honeycombe8
Jun 2012
#57
I live at the at doctors office unfortunately. I thought he/she was talking in general. I misunder
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2012
#77
A specialist is not a well exam. A well exam is where you go to the dr once a year...
Honeycombe8
Jun 2012
#58
I am not talking about tests. I didn't either. How do you like Tricare Primary? I love it.
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2012
#75
oh geez... i never had eye issue, no one in our family did. everyone in hubbies family
seabeyond
Jun 2012
#105
IIRC this only applies to NEW policies. If you have an old pre-ObamaCares policy
kestrel91316
Jun 2012
#15
Problem is, if you have ever seen a doctor for squat, you have a pre-existing condition
kestrel91316
Jun 2012
#19
I checked out PCIP on the advice of a friend. It would cost me $500/mo. If I had that kind of money
kestrel91316
Jun 2012
#74
Not true: we had the same old policy and didn't have to co-pay for the physical
frazzled
Jun 2012
#31
Not sure about that. I have a new employer and new plan, but it was no copay under old plan....
Honeycombe8
Jun 2012
#61
Um, yes. The ins. co. CAN put some restrictions, I guess, but I'm not sure it can, regarding copay
Honeycombe8
Jun 2012
#63
I paid full price for all medical services last year because I wasn't going to pull anything out of
RB TexLa
Jun 2012
#30
My insurance already covered annual exams before ACA as passed with no copay. n/t
tammywammy
Jun 2012
#33
The problem is copays and deductibles apply to any follow up care those annual exams may indicate
dflprincess
Jun 2012
#34
Still paying co-pays.. Some companies are ahead of the curve. other's waiting for 2014.
glowing
Jun 2012
#39
Perhaps its a Florida thing, but we are still paying co-pays... My son's physical yesterday was
glowing
Jun 2012
#48
That is against the law. That provision went into effect a year or so ago. It is the drs. who charge
Honeycombe8
Jun 2012
#64
Yes. Before patients had to pay for colonoscopies. NOW they only don't have to pay IF nothing is
Honeycombe8
Jun 2012
#66
Because it was taken earlier by a dentist, and it was sky-high. I needed meds for the first time.
WinkyDink
Jun 2012
#78
Oh.....that's not a "well exam." That's a diagnostic exam for a problem. Copays apply.
Honeycombe8
Jun 2012
#112
I notice that you've been living a privileged existence where you had health insurance
intheflow
Jun 2012
#89
No. I paid a co-pay 3 times this year alone. Who do I write to to get my money back? nt
Dr Fate
Jun 2012
#100