It’s called an ‘’E O B’‘…..Estimate of Benefits. I was also taught that never pay the first billing a hospital or clinic sends you because it may not yet have been settled through the insurance yet……and if you paid too much you’ll have a grand time trying to get your money back!
The fact that what the insurance company pays is so much less than what the original bill was – and still (if you have decent insurance, like Medicare, which should cover everybody) nothing gets passed on to you, shows just how rigged our whole system – not _just our health “care” – is. The better insurance you can afford, the less the provider actually gets paid; the less you can afford for insurance (and thus for a final bill, as well) the more they’re going to charge you.
I’m not really sure what the original price on a medical bill is for. If someone doesn’t have insurance, they can’t pay it. If they do, that number won’t get used. It’s just a waste of paper.
A Pillsbury can’t afford it? …Oh, right: He’s keeping his mental issues secret from his son, so he doesn’t want expenditures big enough to get Barney’s attention.
braindead Premium Member 7 months ago
The origin of both siderism?
Egrayjames 7 months ago
It’s called an ‘’E O B’‘…..Estimate of Benefits. I was also taught that never pay the first billing a hospital or clinic sends you because it may not yet have been settled through the insurance yet……and if you paid too much you’ll have a grand time trying to get your money back!
ChessPirate 7 months ago
I had Open-Heart Surgery back in 2009 and by the time I just stopped adding up the “before Insurance” bill numbers, I had hit $500,000…
Cozmik Cowboy 7 months ago
The fact that what the insurance company pays is so much less than what the original bill was – and still (if you have decent insurance, like Medicare, which should cover everybody) nothing gets passed on to you, shows just how rigged our whole system – not _just our health “care” – is. The better insurance you can afford, the less the provider actually gets paid; the less you can afford for insurance (and thus for a final bill, as well) the more they’re going to charge you.
uniquename 7 months ago
I’m not really sure what the original price on a medical bill is for. If someone doesn’t have insurance, they can’t pay it. If they do, that number won’t get used. It’s just a waste of paper.
markkahler52 7 months ago
I’m sure Pillsbury has Blue Cross
Stephen Gilberg 7 months ago
A Pillsbury can’t afford it? …Oh, right: He’s keeping his mental issues secret from his son, so he doesn’t want expenditures big enough to get Barney’s attention.
gammaguy 7 months ago
Get a job in Scandinavia. Medical is all covered; you won’t even see a bill. I’m told that dental is covered in Sweden, but not in Denmark. Hmm.
I hear that things are similar elsewhere in Europe, though I have fewer friends there to ask.