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Post by cadman on Sept 17, 2024 9:59:53 GMT -5
It's nothing against you, it is just how the medical complex works. There are various state and federal programs that pay medical facilities for unpaid bills they write off for various reasons.
There are even private charities that help if the facility is non profit like many hospitals are.
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Post by ferris1248 on Sept 17, 2024 10:02:00 GMT -5
There ain't no free rides at the carnival ...  As a departed buddy of mine was fond of saying when someone said "It was free". "It's not free. It's included". |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2024 12:01:07 GMT -5
It's nothing against you, it is just how the medical complex works. There are various state and federal programs that pay medical facilities for unpaid bills they write off for various reasons. There are even private charities that help if the facility is non profit like many hospitals are. Geez, some of you just like to argue. You don't think it's possible that they just wrote it off and didn't get paid because they weren't authorized to tell me my insurance was good and then accepted it in error ? I mean anything is possible, but I doubt anybody paid the bill . |
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Post by ferris1248 on Sept 17, 2024 14:37:07 GMT -5
Jeez...we're not saying somebody literally paid the bill.
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Post by stc1993 on Sept 17, 2024 15:01:57 GMT -5
It's nothing against you, it is just how the medical complex works. There are various state and federal programs that pay medical facilities for unpaid bills they write off for various reasons. There are even private charities that help if the facility is non profit like many hospitals are. No such thing as a non profit hospital. Ours is supposed to be. Yet they bought the only other hospital in town for $200 mil in cash. They do all their banking in the Cayman islands. |
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Post by cadman on Sept 17, 2024 16:32:41 GMT -5
It's nothing against you, it is just how the medical complex works. There are various state and federal programs that pay medical facilities for unpaid bills they write off for various reasons. There are even private charities that help if the facility is non profit like many hospitals are. No such thing as a non profit hospital. Ours is supposed to be. Yet they bought the only other hospital in town for $200 mil in cash. They do all their banking in the Cayman islands. I agree, but for tax purposes they are non profits. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2024 17:41:30 GMT -5
Jeez...we're not saying somebody literally paid the bill. You guys are assuming the bill got paid somehow , literally or not. You don't know that and the paperwork says the amount was taken off because of a professional courtesy. You guys won't even acknowledge that perhaps the bill didn't get paid by anybody or any group, and was just not paid, but written off as described . Seems pretty logical to me , but what the fuck do I know. I'm just the one who is responsible for getting ( through action and inaction, on my part ) the people that made the mistake eat it ,as they should have.  " Tell em Kempie-poo " |
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Post by conchydong on Sept 17, 2024 17:46:45 GMT -5
Kemper, even if the hospital wrote your visit at a loss, the taxpyers still pay for it.
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Post by TRTerror on Sept 17, 2024 17:50:15 GMT -5
YEA...You Owe me $ 7.50 cents , just send a 10 spot cause I ain't got no change...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 17, 2024 18:03:02 GMT -5
Kemper, even if the hospital wrote your visit at a loss, the taxpyers still pay for it. I doubt that is a given. Perhaps if they take it through a collection agency, or sell it off to a collection agency they may recoup some costs . But they're not gonna send a person that is responsible for the bill and didn't pay it, a statement that says they gave them a professional courtesy. Give me a break. |
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Post by Captj on Sept 19, 2024 9:37:16 GMT -5
Had a little procedure back in 2015 and the hospital gave me a call asking me to pay up the $58,000.00 balance due. My insurance covered everything except for a $700.00 deductible. Either they were too lazy to call the insurance co. up, or thought they could make a few extra bucks. I referred them back to the insurer and things eventually worked out. In 2017 I had some major issues and once again we started going around about the balance due. Once again I referred them to the insurer. Once again things worked out. Same story in 2019, with the same conclusion. HCA hospital (once owned by Rick Scott before they lost a 165 million dollar fraud verdict). No problems with Cleveland Clinic. Could all these medical billing fiascos be related to corporate policies at the different healthcare chains? Non profits? I don't think so.
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