Posted on 05/20/2022 8:38:28 AM PDT by Loyalist
A young woman in New York had been having health issues for some time and when she finally was able to see a doctor, she was so relieved that she had a brief cry.
“She has a rare disease so she’s been really struggling to find care,” big sister Camille Johnson said in a tweet thread. “She got emotional because she feels frustrated and helpless. One tear in and they charged her $40 without addressing why she is crying, trying to help, doing any evaluation, any prescription, nothing.”
“They charged her more for crying than they did for a vision assessment test. “They charged her more for crying than for a hemoglobin test. “They charged her more for crying than for a health risk assessment. “They charged her more for crying than for a capillary blood draw,” Johnson pointed out with her own frustration at the affront.
The New York Post detailed why U.S. doctors can charge for such an assessment, but it appears this young woman did not get the service she was billed for.
“A brief emotional/behavioral assessment is a mental health screening that tests for signs of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression, anxiety, suicidal risk or substance abuse,” the Post wrote. “It is usually issued as a questionnaire that is often handed out and filled in before seeing the doctor.
“Doctors have been testing and charging for the test since 2015 when it became a federal mandate as part of the Affordable Care Act ‘to include mental health services as part of the essential benefits that must be included in all insurance plans offered in individual and small group markets.’”
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My little sister has been really struggling with a health condition lately and finally got to see a doctor. They charged her $40 for crying. pic.twitter.com/fbvOWDzBQM— Camille Johnson (@OffbeatLook) May 17, 2022
"Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about!"
Damn right!
And now they’re crying about the bill.
Just guessing here but this was the price just for a doctor’s visit? /s
The last time I was at the doc I didn’t cry until I received the final bill in the mail.
Oh Fer cryin out loud
Beatings will continue until morale improves.
*TS.
I’m self-identifying as a freaking big housecat and seeing my vet.
Imagine if we could charge them for waiting time.
You can!
just send them a bill
They never look see who it’s from
i was at the dentist once and another patient was screaming even before they gave her the novocaine shot- dentist told her to go home.
“Oh Fer cryin out loud”
That will be $40, please.
If this happened as described, that sounds like a doctor with a stone for a heart. Change your provider of care as soon as insurance allows.
She has a rare disease that no one is able to treat, and this doctor didn’t, either?
She was charged $40 for a federally mandated test, not for crying. I think there’s a whole lot missing from the story.
Those “tests” are designed to label (and drug) as many people as possible. Don’t play that game.
You paid her bill.
Read the article.
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