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Originally Posted by Free Rider  You paid them?! aargh... rant... hate hospital accounting. They give more than a 50% discount to insurance companies, so they fed you a line of rot. Not only that but you only have to pay them $5 or $10 a month toward the bill and they can't touch you. Sounds like the hospital goons put a heavy hand on you. |
Not really.See,you have to ASK for the discount,they don't just offer it up to you. We had found out the information from an advocacy [sp?] group and they CAN give a bigger discount to an insurance company;but I'm not a multi-million dollar insurance company.And would you rather be able to pay under $15,000 in one fell swoop or be stuck with twice that at $10 to $15 a month for God knows how many years?
If that is what my life cost me and to get it off my plate ASAP..it was worth it.I don't need a monster outstanding debt over my head..and I was fortunate to be able to pay;some aren't as lucky.I didn't die and am young enough to put the money back over a few years.
Insurance and medical costs are insane in this country and there's not a lot of ways around it when you get stuck without insurance.