Terry Hancock on Nostr: Medical billing in the USA is utterly ridiculous. You get a statement that says, ...
Medical billing in the USA is utterly ridiculous.
You get a statement that says, bascially:
We billed $725 to your insurance.
Your insurance company said "nuh-uh", you can only charge us $50 for that.
Then the insurance company pays $40.
And then they still bill you $10.
So... $675 just vanished into the ether, but it's absolutely critical that I pay $10.
Because, we absolutely could not have the abomination of me getting something for free, just because I already paid for it, could we?
You get a statement that says, bascially:
We billed $725 to your insurance.
Your insurance company said "nuh-uh", you can only charge us $50 for that.
Then the insurance company pays $40.
And then they still bill you $10.
So... $675 just vanished into the ether, but it's absolutely critical that I pay $10.
Because, we absolutely could not have the abomination of me getting something for free, just because I already paid for it, could we?