I’ll pay them $10 a month. The law already prohibits hospitals from turning anyone down with life threatening situations. The hospitals have also been involved in this scam so they can also suck wind for all I care.
That attitude is one of the big reasons that health care costs so much in the US. Everyone else ends up picking up the tab when people don’t pay bills.
That attitude is one of the big reasons that health care costs so much in the US. Everyone else ends up picking up the tab when people don’t pay bills.
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.