I've been told Mexico is a good place for dental work, just curious if you've heard that also?
Our screwed-up heath care system
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I've been told Mexico is a good place for dental work, just curious if you've heard that also?
I’m commenting on your first 3 paragraphs; I agree and feel you are spot on!
I’m sorry for your personal experiences.
will cover things like preemies as well. 40% of US births are actually covered by Medicaid.
This one takes the cake. Got a statement in the mail today from McFarland Clinic here in Ames. Statement date says 4/19/22. Today is 4/28/22. I live like a mile from there. Pony Express might have been faster.
The issue here is I had some orthotics made on 7/20/21. I always kinda wondered why I never got billed for it and basically just forgot about it. Today is the first statement I have ever gotten on it. So around 9 month later they send me a bill. Here is the real kick in the pants, the due date is 5/17/22. So in less than three weeks they want me to pay a bill for services that happened 9 months ago. Plus the small print says partial payments will not stop there collection process, unless I call to make arrangements. Wonder what they would say if I made $40 payments to them for the next 9 months.
I called billing and they told me that United Healthcare finally said they wouldn't cover it on 4/18. I did tell them about my payment plan and the gal got a chuckle out of it.
The issue here is I had some orthotics made on 7/20/21. I always kinda wondered why I never got billed for it and basically just forgot about it. Today is the first statement I have ever gotten on it. So around 9 month later they send me a bill. Here is the real kick in the pants, the due date is 5/17/22. So in less than three weeks they want me to pay a bill for services that happened 9 months ago. Plus the small print says partial payments will not stop there collection process, unless I call to make arrangements. Wonder what they would say if I made $40 payments to them for the next 9 months.
I called billing and they told me that United Healthcare finally said they wouldn't cover it on 4/18. I did tell them about my payment plan and the gal got a chuckle out of it.
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My mom passed away in October 19. In august 20 I got a bill from the hospital for her. Nothing like making me juggle things as executor.This one takes the cake. Got a statement in the mail today from McFarland Clinic here in Ames. Statement date says 4/19/22. Today is 4/28/22. I live like a mile from there. Pony Express might have been faster.
The issue here is I had some orthotics made on 7/20/21. I always kinda wondered why I never got billed for it and basically just forgot about it. Today is the first statement I have ever gotten on it. So around 9 month later they send me a bill. Here is the real kick in the pants, the due date is 5/17/22. So in less than three weeks they want me to pay a bill for services that happened 9 months ago. Plus the small print says partial payments will not stop there collection process, unless I call to make arrangements. Wonder what they would say if I made $40 payments to them for the next 9 months.
I called billing and they told me that United Healthcare finally said they wouldn't cover it on 4/18. I did tell them about my payment plan and the gal got a chuckle out of it.
This happened to me last week. I go to Dr. He says I need an MRI on my neck. United Health Care cubicle doctor denied it. So i have to suffer for 6 more weeks. Its a fricken joke.
There are issue people at all of them. Ironically I had a grandparent there several years ago and was wonderful for them. Heard they had some lawsuits lately, not sure the details. Probably hasn’t been a care center that’s not been sued.
My oldest son has a genetic condition that requires seeing specialists on an annual basis; however, there literally isn't a specialist in network for him. Wherever we go, we have to get pre-authorization unless we're going to pay cash, and the pre-authorization process from insurance is a pain in the ass every single time. Because they always initially deny it, despite the fact that they know he has this genetic condition, and they don't have anyone in network. Even just making an appointment is almost impossible, because we're making appointments up to a year ahead of time, with no guarantee that the pre-authorization will actually go through prior to the appointment. Fun stuff, the American health Care system, no notes whatsoever, obviously couldn't be improved.
Those times you posted are misleading. In Canada, if you have life threatening condiion and you need n MRI the same day, you get one. If you have a bad knee or something that you can easily live with, you wait. You try to make it seem like everyone waits the entire 11 weeks and that's not the case.
No I didn’t. The whole discussion was around non life threatening situations. That is what the comparisons were to.
Too many healthcare providers say things like "We can't do that," when they really mean "Insurance won't cover it."
In my wife's case, there were instances when a few hundred dollars made a huge difference. I had to ask clarifying questions to find out that they could do those things, just that I had to pay for them.
In my wife's case, there were instances when a few hundred dollars made a huge difference. I had to ask clarifying questions to find out that they could do those things, just that I had to pay for them.
Yeah, we have run into issues with mental health visits. My son needs special pediatric counseling. There are counselors in my area but none of them are in network. And we have the most expensive open network plan my employer offers. So in order to get counseling he has to go to in network counseling which will be nearly an hour away - under an hour only if not during rush hour. And getting an appointment that isn't during school hours or within an hour of school is impossible. I'm trying to remember the distance but I think they only pay for out of network if there is not an in network provider within 80 or 100 miles. So he is supposed to miss school once a week or once every other week for counseling simply because the insurance company doesn't want to pay a counselor that is within a reasonable distance of where my son lives and goes to school? He is already missing too much school for appointments for his other medical issues despite our best efforts to schedule around the school day.
Fairly convinced when my dad died that at some point they just want people on Medicare to die so they can quit paying. Fought them tooth and nail to keep him in real hospital and got him an extra week. They insisted on moving him to skilled nursing where a doctor was supposed to see him upon admittance and once a week. He was moved there on a Friday and never seen by a doctor there. He was life flighted back to Mercy after developing sepsis from the clot thrown by his pacemaker and was dead by Thursday.
