[Miss Marple]

Finally, I can reply! Some glitch in the server was telling me there wasn’t any such document!!

Bernard, I think to myself that these people don’t have real family relationships. They are just a collection of people who lived under the same roof.

gov_bean_counter, It is ALREADY illegal to pay for medical procedures Medicare won’t cover. When my dad was in the hospital 14 years ago they insited on dismissing him even though he was in bad shape. We offered to pay for extra days ourselves and the hospital couldn’t do it or they would have gotten in trouble with Medicare.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Thanks for the correction/clarification.

Obie is still an idiot.

[mathluv]

I got a letter from Medicare, stating that I did not owe the doctor for an office visit because the paperwork had not been filed correctly.

[ThreePuttinDude]

I too had a problem.
Seems OK now..

[snugs]

Could you not have transferred him to another hospital and paid for the additional care there?

[snugs]

This also sounds similar to part funded problem that we have/had in Britain with patients wanting medication/procedures that at present the NHS clinical body NICE have not approved.

In many cases if a patient insisted on a particular drug that is not authorised by NICE they have been told they would have to pay for the treatment relating to this medical problem if they purchased the drug. Though through many test cases this is now changing and in a few cases you are being allowed to “top up”.

This makes me really made because when they want you to “top up” in others areas this is considered the norm such as with dad's carers. We only get a certain amount paid and have to make a weekly top up contribution of about 48 pounds sterling. Why if this is and has been considered the norm with care is it not with medical costs. They get round it by saying it is a different body one is personal care and the other is medical care.