OldAgePensioner
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
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OldAgePensioner said:For the life of me I can't understand the game. I got billed last 12 months for at least $150,000 in hospital, doctor, etc bills.
Not one line item on any of the bills got paid as is, BCBS always gave them about 30% and magically the bill went to zero that I owed.
Here's an example:
37204- Transcath OCC/EMBO $5,300
3624-IR Cath 3rd order ABD/PELV/LE ARTERY BRANCH $1,872
75898/26 ANGIO EXIST CATH-F/U $1,218
BCBS paid $2198
Why go thru all the mumbo jumbo?
poboy said:Not there yet, but Medicare Part D is probably a good preview of the total cluster that will result if socialized medicine is forced on us.
OldAgePensioner said:I lived in England for 8 years and while I saw pieces of the system that looked better than the US system, the newspapers, news on TV and locals all decried the system as horrible. Long waits, not enough doctors, poor doctor quality, especially dental care, dirty (acutally filthy) hospitals. Sure it was free, but wow, is free all that matters.
A lot of articles about people just going to India, France, etc and having their surgery rather than waiting years.
Geesh, I hope what we do here in the US in the next few years is well thought out.
OldAgePensioner said:I lived in England for 8 years and while I saw pieces of the system that looked better than the US system, the newspapers, news on TV and locals all decried the system as horrible.
poboy said:Not there yet, but Medicare Part D is probably a good preview of the total cluster that will result if socialized medicine is forced on us.
there's alot more to what you pay than just the $ price!Sure it was free, but wow, is free all that matters
OldAgePensioner said:MODERATOR: EDIT THIS: See ya.
You keep saying that...OldAgePensioner said:Yeah,
I guess I can.
Good bye.
Great board and enjoyed every minute.
But being invited to leave is, well, invited to leave.
You mean nobody else besides me enjoyed the pics of half-naked Asian babes? SWR, Asian babe. Retirement lifestyle, Asian babe. I see a pattern.