To: tobyhill
The entire medical business is a scam. What the Doctors and hospitals charge you is far more than they charge the medical plan.
I represented a client who was getting sued for $2800 for medical treatment she believed should have been covered by her medical insurance. I brought the carrier into her suit and was quickly advised that if they were liable, the most they had to pay the Doctor was $670 per his agreement with them. The case was resolved when my client paid $335 to the insurance company who then determined to pay the Doctor $670, eliminating his claim against my client.
So a doc who is willing to accept a small sum from an insurance provider wants to charge clients who pay directly four times as much.
36 posted on
06/17/2012 7:48:24 AM PDT by
CharacterCounts
(A vote for the lesser of two evils only insures the triumph of evil.)
To: CharacterCounts
My cash only doctor has been good to me and he always refers me to reasonably priced clinics if he can't take care of it. I just recently paid less than $400 for a doctor's visit, a lab test, an x-ray and pain medicine.
37 posted on
06/17/2012 8:01:13 AM PDT by
tobyhill
(Conservatives are proud of themselves, Liberals lie about themselves)
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