Re: TWO DIFFERENT DOCTORS' OFFICES .....

[Dave the Clueless]

On Oct 26 2012 3:10 PM, Vince wrote:

> Two patients limp into two different medical clinics with the
> same omplaint.
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> Both have trouble walking and appear to require a hip
> replacement.
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> The FIRST patient is examined within the hour, is x-rayed the
> same day and has
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> a time booked for surgery the following week.
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> The SECOND sees his family doctor after waiting 3 weeks for an
> appointment, then waits 8 weeks to see a specialist, then gets an
> x-ray, which isn't reviewed for another week and finally has his
> surgery scheduled for 6 months from then.
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> Why the different treatment for the two patients?
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> ....... the FIRST is a Golden Retriever.

Whose treatment will cost at most a couple grand and be paid for at the
time of service

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> ...... the SECOND is a Senior Citizen.

Whose treatment, thanks to the lib-tards' love of trial lawyers, will cost
$250,000 and will only be paid for after 9 months of wrangling with
Medicare

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[brattt]

On Oct 26 2012 1:10 PM, Vince wrote:

The first one lives in the USofA and the second one lives in Canada?

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[bub]

On Fri, 26 Oct 2012 18:10:54 +0000 (UTC), Vince <vi...@hush.ai> wrote:

> the FIRST is a Golden Retriever

at least you didn't say black labrador
that would be racist

[~M~]

"bub" wrote in message news:rt3m88hf202u469hj...@4ax.com...

>> the FIRST is a Golden Retriever
>>
> at least you didn't say black labrador
>that would be racist

If it was black, it would have been denied healthcare and forced to pick
cotton 16 hours a day 8 days a week so Romney could eliminate all taxes on
the wealthy. Just ask Jerry SturdiBiden.


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[arseniccollection]

On 10/26/2012 4:45 PM, Vince wrote:
> "Dave the Clueless" <a98...@webnntp.invalid> wrote in
> news:hn0rl9x...@news.ezprovider.com:

>
>> On Oct 26 2012 3:10 PM, Vince wrote:
>>> Why the different treatment for the two patients?
>>> ....... the FIRST is a Golden Retriever.
>>
>> Whose treatment will cost at most a couple grand and be paid
>> for at the time of service
>>> ...... the SECOND is a Senior Citizen.
>>
>> Whose treatment, thanks to the lib-tards' love of trial
>> lawyers, will cost $250,000 and will only be paid for after 9
>> months of wrangling with Medicare
>

> I was just looking at some payments to various Drs/hospitals for my
> recent pacemaker installation.
> One hospital billed about $14,000, but was paid less than $5,0000
> by the Govt.
>

Hospital charges are completely arbitrary and are different from what
they collect. Obviously, their contracted insurance companies never pay
the stated amount. They inflate the charges to catch the uninsured or
unsuspecting non-contracted patient.

For example, a couple years ago I was out of town for a month and needed
a few blood tests. I was given some verbal assurance by a local hospital
that my insurance was acceptable, though of course the multi-page
paperwork contained the disclaimer that the patient is responsible for
all charges, etc.

I went ahead and got the tests - nothing fancy, just a blood count and a
standard metabolic panel. Some weeks later, I got the bill for $2900, of
which my (expensive) insurance paid $500. The hospital went after me for
the $2400 balance to the point of collections. I have had similar tests
in the past elsewhere, and charges were less than the $500 my insurance
was willing to pay.

About the OP: Yeah, so what? human groceries are also more expensive
than dog food.