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2. Yes, right now a patient pays the deductible (or nothing) and the provider and the insurer work out

Sat May 17, 2014, 12:13 PM

May 2014

how much will be charged to/paid for by the insurer. Patient is not involved.
Looks like now the patient will pay a deductible and then any difference between what the insurer will pay and what is actually charged. And since a lot of policies require that one uses providers on their pre-approved list, not that easy to shop around for the last expensive.

This is what happens when our government lets the insurers and Pharma write the bills.
I see more medical bankruptcies in the future.

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"New Obamacare Loophole Shows Failure of For-Profit Health System: Critics".. [View all] truth2power May 2014 OP

I don't understand why an insurance company upaloopa May 2014 #1

Yes, right now a patient pays the deductible (or nothing) and the provider and the insurer work out djean111 May 2014 #2

It sounds like you have a sense of what's really involved here... truth2power May 2014 #5

The insurance companies WROTE the ACA Doctor_J May 2014 #8

I think there's some confusion here... truth2power May 2014 #3

I was a controller of a medical clinc upaloopa May 2014 #4

It will apply to the ACA... truth2power May 2014 #6

We billed a patient's insurance company upaloopa May 2014 #9

As I said, if the reimbursement rate was too low, yu took the money anyway... truth2power May 2014 #11

Medical pricing makes absolutely no sense at all IronLionZion May 2014 #10

I really thought that the the insurance companies would play fair once Heritage Care passed Doctor_J May 2014 #7