[USA filter] Even with the new disclosures I can't figure out how much Medicare pays for just a hospital or nursing home room - 24 hours. Just the room charge.
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posted by cda
on May 13, 2013 -
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Which address should I give when I go to the Emergency Room? This is turning out to be a surprisingly stressful and complicated question.
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posted by Ash3000
on Jun 2, 2012 -
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Routine non-emergency hernia surgery--unmet insurance deductible and wondering if there are any cost-cutting ideas we will wish we had known when we get the bill for the surgery. Assuming the hospital won't just shout out ideas if we call them, so...any ideas?
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posted by circular
on Sep 26, 2011 -
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Asking for a friend re Northern California situation. A friend's close relation was struck by a car while walking in a crosswalk and was seriously injured. She has had several surgeries and will need several more. The family has a personal injury attorney for the claims against the driver. My question on behalf of my friend and her relation is about how to prevent the hospital from discharging her (seemingly) without an appropriate discharge plan.
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posted by ClaudiaCenter
on May 26, 2011 -
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Bicycle accident, sprained or otherwise damaged knee, no insurance - where to go in the East Bay for help?
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posted by anotherkate
on Jan 16, 2011 -
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Just received a $1400 hospital bill for a ER visit I made OVER 14 MONTHS AGO. How is this okay, and what do I say to plead with them?
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posted by ashtabula to opelika
on Jul 31, 2010 -
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Do you know of any reasonably credible sources that list the premiums and deductibles that hospitals/doctors (of any kind, but largely medical surgeons for intensive-care/emergency/surgical hospitals) pay for medical malpractice insurance? I'm researching figures for a malpractice reform idea.
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posted by Quarter Pincher
on Mar 16, 2009 -
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A friend of mine has 3 kids who were all delivered via caesarean section. She is pregnant again and wants to have the baby vaginally at home with a midwife. Doctors are telling her she has to have this 4th baby via caesarean section because having it vaginally could rupture her uterus. Has anyone had any experience with this? Her husband is out of work (actively looking for a job), she is a stay at home mom, and they presently have no insurance. They can't afford to have a baby in the hospital without insurance. Are there any other options they have? Is there any government help in a case like this?
posted by JPowers
on Aug 2, 2008 -
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Should I really owe the hospital $400 for tests I was unaware of?
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posted by sian
on Mar 14, 2008 -
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I am insured through a PPO. I was taken to an out-of-network hospital following an accident with major trauma. Am I out of luck for the charges above and beyond the dreaded "usual, customary, and reasonable" charges?
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 8, 2007 -
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My mother went to the emergency hospital last year and was billed a hefty amount. She was covered with health insurance from her company (Destiny) and the hospital was "in-network". The insurance company paid the hospital fee (which was the larger amount) but only paid about half the physician fee because the physician was "out-of-network". My mother asked whether or not the physician was in-network or out-of-network when she was in the hospital and the nurse just told her not to worry about it. My questions are, 'How can a hospital be in-network and fully covered but assign her an out-of-network physician which won't be fully covered under the insurance?' and 'Is there anything she can do about this? I don't think it's fair she has to pay for something she didn't have a choice in'.
posted by lpctstr;
on Nov 23, 2005 -
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