It’s not the denied treatment that’s the problem. It’s the treatment they approve and then I still get a huge bill for a copay or deductible or some shit.
IIRC, someone did the math on something like a major surgery… in the US, if you have really good insurance, and don’t run into those nasty surprises like some out-of-network doctor poking his head into your operation and asking if the main doc needs his ass scratched (which appears as roughly $13,000.00 on your bill); but if everything goes without a hitch…
…it’d still be like a quarter of the cost to just fly to Europe, have the operation done there, hang out there for two weeks in a hotel while you recover, food, gas, etc, and then fly back to the US.
its also things they can unilaterally deny. anthem blue cross is probably the second worst after UHC. Kaiser skews thier results by pricing people out of the network/HMO.
It’s crazy how much we pay just to be denied coverage as a cost savings measure.
It’s not the denied treatment that’s the problem. It’s the treatment they approve and then I still get a huge bill for a copay or deductible or some shit.
IIRC, someone did the math on something like a major surgery… in the US, if you have really good insurance, and don’t run into those nasty surprises like some out-of-network doctor poking his head into your operation and asking if the main doc needs his ass scratched (which appears as roughly $13,000.00 on your bill); but if everything goes without a hitch…
…it’d still be like a quarter of the cost to just fly to Europe, have the operation done there, hang out there for two weeks in a hotel while you recover, food, gas, etc, and then fly back to the US.
🎶 and the laaaaaaand of theee feeeeeeeeeeeeee 🎶
…no, that wasn’t a typo.
its also things they can unilaterally deny. anthem blue cross is probably the second worst after UHC. Kaiser skews thier results by pricing people out of the network/HMO.