I had a friend who in the 80’s & early 90’s had a terminally ill husband. The paperwork, claims, system etc... was almost insurmountable. She made calls, wrote letters, called again and again and through shear perseverance and due diligence figured everything out. So much so that after her husband passed she started working for a large medical practice dealing with billing and the insurance tangle.
She became a very valuable employee, yet remained a low wage earner. Not even the doctors were willing to recognize her worth, because they didn’t have to.
Prior to her employment if patients went late paying bills after insurance company screw up the delinquent patient simply went to collections as a calculated loss.
Absolutely pathetic.
A huge amount of the problem is the hospitals themselves. They are the absolute worst at billing. I have found out I had three year old debts that they never once attempted to contact me for payment.
Of course, if people didn’t think they needed insurance and government run healthcare to deal with a cold, the system wouldn’t be so hopeless. I have talked to people in the ER because their kid had a runny nose.
Imagine how screwed up auto insurance would be if you expected the insurance company to pay for your oil changes. That is the equivalent of where we are with health insurance.
Very sad story. Has anyone here ever dealt with employees on the state exchanges? They are total morons who can barely communicate and they apparently enter nothing into computers so you keep having to go over and over the same stuff every time you call them. It’s a nightmare.
It’s clear that Trump was talking about the health insurance system in this country which is often referred to as “healthcare.” And he’s right; it stinks.