Subj : Re: Rules of the Echo
To   : Dallas Hinton
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Sat May 06 2017 21:05:19

Dallas,

 DS>   When I looked on a website today concerning my account, it was
 DS> hard to tell if stuff was still out on insurance, or if they were
 DS> going to go ahead and pay it (I did fill out a comprehensive
 DS> financial assistance form). But, at least for today, the first
 DS> outpatient surgery...followed by an Emergency Room Trip each of the
 DS> last 2 Saturdays, had original total costs of almost $27,000. Yet
 DS> today, all I owed was $1.63 -- I wish ALL my medical bills were that

 DH@> That's a nice discount! :-)

  Well, I spoke too soon. I saw another bill for $615. That's still better
than $27,000...but that's $615 I don't have. I did call their billing
office, and they said it hadn't shown up there yet...but they did note
that they did receive my financial assistance application form. However,
they noted that it'd take a month to process (I guess they have a lot of
them)...but they noted if they didn't "write it off", I could set up a
payment plan.

 DS> low!! I have Medicare (since I've been fully disabled since July,
 DS> 2004), but no Medicaid or supplemental insurance. But, it's
 DS> true...folks are only one illness away from going into bankruptcy.

 DH@> Not a good situation - not at all fair, imo.

  Exactly. And, don't get me started on the Health Care Act between
the political parties. They themselves won't make them subject to it.

Daryl


.... Too old to cut the mustard; but can still stir the mayo.
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