Posted on 05/07/2021 6:04:36 PM PDT by sit-rep
I never thought it would happen to me!
April 16th, Kiteboarding at Desoto Beach Florida, I fell and when I stood up Bam!! Stingray Barb right in the bottom of my foot!! The bastard got me good because the water turned Crimson around me almost immediately! I made my way back into the beach, wrapped my foot the best I could, stowed my gear in the van and headed to Palm Medical Center near Treasure Island.
Long story short, I got 2 X-rays on my foot to check for pieces of the Barb, a little saline flush syringe, and the Doc glued the loose skin and filled the hole. Told me no water for 2 weeks... I came home!
Last week I got 2 calls from their billing department. the first was mild, but the second one today, was pushy, trying to get me to sign up for Medicaid to pay for the bill. The first call wouldnt tell me the amount. but told me they would send the bill in the mail. Today's call, told me the amount was $8000 and change... I said are you Bleeping kidding my?? 2 xrays, a plastic syringe douche and glue is 8K???? Her response!?? Well if you sign up for Medicaid, they will pay it no problem!!!
I lost it and told her that I think I'm getting ripped off, and i'll be damned if I'm gonna allow you to rip of the Tax payers!!
Now granted, 8K isnt jack in the medical field. but its just the friggin point... How determined the girls were to get me to sign up to pay the bill... friggin Crazt!!
so, I think its a clear case of fraud... who do I lay this on for the best results??
Except Obama care has huge, unreasonable deductibles like 7k year.
Okay then I guess he lives on cash as his Credit Report is the one from Hell. Can you say a Zero Credit Score, that is if I am reading this right.
listen DITGS... you go on runnin your friggin slop hole all you want. anyone with a lick of sense knows whats goin on on this thread and it sure af aint you!!
That is true if your on what is known as the Bronze Plan, O premium and high deduct.
The snake was curled up inside of a plastic garden brick that is used for edging, but these were under the back porch not being used. I had moved the plastic bricks once to weed whack in that area. It was when I was moving them back that the darn thing fanged me.
That area where the snake got me turned black and I lost the skin, leaving a depression. It fortunately did fill back in. 8>)
You are happy screwing someone. You took a risk and now are accusing others of fraud. You feel you are entitled to the work of someone else for free. You accuse someone of fraud when it is not. Try actually refuting any one of the the points on this thread and not calling names. You cannot. Here are the facts and they are not in dispute.
1. You engaged in a sport with some risk
2. You suffered an injury requiring medical care
3. You decide not to carry medical insurance
4. You have sufficient funds to own $10k of kiteboards by your own admission
5. You state you travelled to Florida for holiday which also has a cost of a minimum of $2k
6. You are bitching about paying $8k because you wont carry insurance that would contactually reduce the cost of our health care
7. You act offended and state you wont take a handout
8 . You choose not to deal with the fact that you are pleased to stick it to the system and not pay
Please, tell me, how it is that you are not in alignment with the people who think healthcare should be free and pass it to society responsibility instead of individual responsibility.
You are a complete fraud, and jackass.
Figure you would think you are entitled to the work of others. Thanks for demonstrating that you are a true liberal.
“Cost of private insurance on the exchange? Under $300 / month”
Problem with the exchange is high deductible. He still might have had to pay the first $5,000 of his bill even with Obamacare insurance.
I’m not taking sides here, but thought the deductible should be included in the discussion.
people make no sense...
I’ll summ it up easily for the mental midgets hanging around here...
They’re ok with me signing up for medicaid and letting the Hospital recieve... as someone above stated, about $400 for the 8K bill.
Someone else stated, That indeed the Hospitals charge me like that “Because they Can”
And the I said I will gldaly pay $1900...
And I’m the fkg bad guy!!??? lmao... what the hell is wrong with you people!!???
economics. fail. finances. fail. health care. fail. basic life skills. fail.
kiteboarding. D-
Ok, so he saved $3000 with a 5k deductible. He still thinks its better to screw this who by law have to care for him. You did note he has 10k in toys in his trunk?
No stupid... I'm bitching about being over charged. and will not be over charged.
Yeah, you are the bad guy, You decided to take a risk. You now want to pay what you think is fair. Had you insurance, you would have paid less than 1900. What the hell is wrong with you?
When you sell the 10k of kite boards and put your adult responsibility above your toys, you can then say you have been not the bad guy. Shame on you
You were not overcharged. That is the market value exactly because assholes like you stick the system with unpaid bills. You are the reason that number exists.
Oh — how about answering 1 -5. You cannot. Your words have hung you.
of course it does... with DITGS runnin all over this thread like a lunatic, lets us not lose sight of the main point. no one has the right to Gouge for their services... and 8 k for 2 X-rays and some glue is bullshit! It was clearly stated above that these institutions are running wild chraging unisured the way the do, and dumb shit DITGS says NOTHING about that, just keeps on me about screwing a company who charges me 8K but will take $400 from Medicaid!!
that $8k will probably become $10k or $12k after your indigent claim rattles around in the bureaucracy for 6 or 8 months.
so, when you finally puke up the $1900 that you pretentiously deem your emergency medical care to be worth, the taxpayers of Florida are taking it in the shorts for ANOTHER $4k because you won’t pay your damn bills, or satisfy the reasonable obligation as a citizen to carry health insurance so the rest of us don’t have to pay for your kiteboarding accident.
Let me explain something to you, you sniveling child. I was without health insurance for years because of a wicked divorce. I could not afford it because the family law system is worse than the health care system. I would have loved to go have fun. I chose not to because I couldn’t afford the risk of even moderately risky behavior. I decided to be a grown up and went without. If I had 10k to spend on kite boards, I would have paid for insurance. So I dont need to hear your woe is me. I have been there.
I chose to be a grown up. You are a child. And you could at least say thank you to the people who took care of you FOR FREE that you are willing to screw over.
Lets hear your imbecile response to this. You are evil.
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