“My partner has to have hip surgery on April 11. We’ve already sunk $1k+ into the pre-surgery costs and set up payment plans for after,’ said Morgan Lee.”
Perhaps her husband can help if her partner is too busy running the business.
While many hospitals are run by charities the hospital has staff to pay
Many restaurants require payment before you eat and folks don’t gripe about that
Unless you’re an illegal alien then it’s free like everything else.
Time to learn Spanish, I guess.
I have a CareCredit card that I can pay off interest free in 6, 12, or 18 months. Some hospitals take it.
If the U.S. government demanded illegal trespassers pay for everything in advance, more than 10 million would not have illegally crossed into the USA during the Biden presidency. U.S. taxpayers have been paying for almost everything handed to these border jumpers.
They are illiterate, unvetted welfare recipients who bring nothing but permanent costs to American taxpayers. They bring nothing but trouble and many are criminals imported directly from jails throughout the third world.
those without insurance, or have medicare, or medicaid, or are illegal, they'll get the best health services.....
medicaid is the best health insurance...you pay for nothing.
I had to pay upfront for a colonoscopy/endoscopy procedure. It was covered by insurance, I had a copay, but they insisted on a 365 dollar or no procedure payment. I paid it, they did the procedure. almost a year later, I got a check from them refunding the fee with no explanation.
I pay my bills, they know this, they have patient history in those computers, especially when they ask if I am still employed at “x”. A place I haven’t been in 15 years.
I am getting awful tired of being the bad guy because of people who don’t or won’t play by the rules.
Now THAT is a problem.
“how about hospital not demand it from Americans but demand up front payment from illegals?”
Because that’s how they can provide free treatment for illegals. Or should I say, that’s how WE provide free treatment for illegals.
Easy peesy...Just change your name to Rodriguez
I had an outpatient procedure a year or so ago at a CGI hospital. The procedure was a failure. They accepted my insurance (in network). Then, proceeded to bill me for the difference (about $38K), as if they didn’t have a pricing agreement with the insurer and were ignoring network pricing. As it was their pricing was 6x the national average for the procedure. They made many threats, all of which I recorded. When they started threatening collections I got my attorney involved and SHAZZAM! They magically saw the error of their ways and dropped the charges. Warning to anyone who is considering using a CGI-run hospital: Know going in that CGI is going out of their way to scam people. Prepare to retain an attorney.
Oh, it’s true! Both my husband and I had surgery at South Georgia Medical Center (at different periods of time) and we had to pay our deductible AND our estimated 20% before they even scheduled the day and time of the procedures! Then we were hit with a bunch of additional charges afterward for anesthesia meds and the 2 doctors who handled it, plus various incidentals like extra time in the recovery room. My husband had to go to the ER on a Sunday and before the doctor even saw him, this lady came around and was pushing a cart with a credit card reader and asked us for our estimated 20%. They ended up charging too much and just applied it to other charges. Weird!
This prepayment for illegals makes perfect sense to me. We don’t necessarily discriminate against them, but if we can’t prepay for ourselves how can we expect to pay their bills under any conditions. I think we can blame Democrats mostly for this brain-dead idea.
