Only in the PRoK

[Sedalia Dave]

WT_

You can't make this up.

 

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[Abilene Slim SASS 81783]

I’m wondering if the state is paying a subsidy to make up the difference for the uninsured.

[Subdeacon Joe]

Not just California.   A lot of places operate like that. 

[Rip Snorter]

New specialty? PRoK-tologist?

[The Original Lumpy Gritz]

SOP across the country 

[Cypress Sun]

I don't know about it being Nationwide, but it's that way in Florida.

 

Baycare has a 40% "discount" of their way overinflated prices if you're uninsured. I think it's that way statewide.

 

I was uninsured last year (2024). I had a doctor appointment in February2024. My doctor missed my appointment that HE made a year in advance, they rescheduled my appointment for the next week. I went, they had me see a Nurse Practitioner...not my regular doc who is an MD. This doctor visit was simply to keep my BP meds current and a normal checkup. Entire thing took 15 minutes, got billed for $505.00 ($2,000 per hour) of which they graciously took 40% off which made the bill $300 mol. I went round and round with the bean counters at Baycare about the outrageous bill without any luck or reduction of the bill.

 

I became eligible for Medicare late last year. My Baycare doctor's appointment (made a year ago) rolled around in February 2025. I purposefully missed the appointment without any cancellation notice. They didn't waste any time sending me a condescending missed appt. letter. Screw them. I have a new doctor and insurance, I'll see how that goes.

 

IMO, the medical profession is no longer about healing people.....it's strictly about making money, a bunch of money. Just took me a long time to realize it.

[Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967]

2 hours ago, Cypress Sun said:

I don't know about it being Nationwide, but it's that way in Florida.

 

Baycare has a 40% "discount" of their way overinflated prices if you're uninsured. I think it's that way statewide.

 

I was uninsured last year (2024). I had a doctor appointment in February2024. My doctor missed my appointment that HE made a year in advance, they rescheduled my appointment for the next week. I went, they had me see a Nurse Practitioner...not my regular doc who is an MD. This doctor visit was simply to keep my BP meds current and a normal checkup. Entire thing took 15 minutes, got billed for $505.00 ($2,000 per hour) of which they graciously took 40% off which made the bill $300 mol. I went round and round with the bean counters at Baycare about the outrageous bill without any luck or reduction of the bill.

 

I became eligible for Medicare late last year. My Baycare doctor's appointment (made a year ago) rolled around in February 2025. I purposefully missed the appointment without any cancellation notice. They didn't waste any time sending me a condescending missed appt. letter. Screw them. I have a new doctor and insurance, I'll see how that goes.

 

IMO, the medical profession is no longer about healing people.....it's strictly about making money, a bunch of money. Just took me a long time to realize it.

 

"Patients" are now "clients."   

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

3 hours ago, Cypress Sun said:

I don't know about it being Nationwide, but it's that way in Florida.

 

Baycare has a 40% "discount" of their way overinflated prices if you're uninsured. I think it's that way statewide.

 

I was uninsured last year (2024). I had a doctor appointment in February2024. My doctor missed my appointment that HE made a year in advance, they rescheduled my appointment for the next week. I went, they had me see a Nurse Practitioner...not my regular doc who is an MD. This doctor visit was simply to keep my BP meds current and a normal checkup. Entire thing took 15 minutes, got billed for $505.00 ($2,000 per hour) of which they graciously took 40% off which made the bill $300 mol. I went round and round with the bean counters at Baycare about the outrageous bill without any luck or reduction of the bill.

 

I became eligible for Medicare late last year. My Baycare doctor's appointment (made a year ago) rolled around in February 2025. I purposefully missed the appointment without any cancellation notice. They didn't waste any time sending me a condescending missed appt. letter. Screw them. I have a new doctor and insurance, I'll see how that goes.

 

IMO, the medical profession is no longer about healing people.....it's strictly about making money, a bunch of money. Just took me a long time to realize it.

They have a deal with insurance companies that the insurance companies pay them a % of what they bill. When they bill the uninsured 60% they still get paid more than what the insurance companies would give them.  And if you don’t pay them they make out on the income tax.

 

 

Edited March 3 by Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

When my wife died in’09, ins. Cos. were billed about $330K and paid $144K and assured me this paid everything. Hospitals still sent me bills for small amounts. I called and asked for an itemized statement, was promised one, never got it.