Insured patients can save money by pretending to be uninsured

The Self Pay Patient ^ | 1-3-14 | Sean Parnell

[generally]

I have said since long before 0vomit was elected that if they wanted to fix health care in this country, they should start by charging the same price to every customer for the same item.

When you go into a grocery store, the hardware store, the department store, everyone pays the same price. Health care should be the same. The multi-tiered pricing has been an ongoing scam for as far back as I can remember.

[dennisw]

What disposable equipment was that? Good idea to tell them it was yours and you wanted it

[Organic Panic]

There were little surgical tools. Stupid leg massage things. They charged 900 for a stapler they kept. Some stupid lung capacity device. All kinds of seemingly minor things that added up to thousands of dollars. They probably also wanted to just get rid of me. If I am going to pay for these things I want them. Alsthough probably wait until after you are treated so you don’t end up with a bunch of stuff you will throw out. I hardly took any pain killers and I imagine if I made a stink about it I could havebhad the surgeon write a prescription for a friend to pick up at walgreens. Come on, a Loritab pill is $30? A months supply is $4.