Healthcare issues hit home...

SteamWake · 09-23-10, 09:52 AM

I just learned today that my scheduled physical with a healthcare physician (that I have been with since 1970) has been canceled "Due to billing disputes with your provider".

It seems that the provider (that I have been paying into for decades) has stopped paying their bills waiting to see what the current health care legislation is going to do and how it will effect them.

So only one day into the new legislation and already I'm being pushed into the single payer plan.

Hoooray

God forbid something serious should happen right now.

tater · 09-23-10, 10:17 AM

Serious problems mean a specialist, and they (among providers) we have the most profound changes should you need them. This is because they must take Medicaid to have hospital privileges. Since this stupid plan adds Medicaid patients (whose care pays the doc below cost), expect long delays for treatment.

AVGWarhawk · 09-23-10, 10:29 AM

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It seems that the provider (that I have been paying into for decades) has stopped paying their bills waiting to see what the current health care legislation is going to do and how it will effect them.

Is your policy still in effect? Is your premium paid and current? If so, how can you provider just stop? You have paid the money on a contractural agreement. The last place I would be is posting at SS. I would be calling my provider making the inquiry.

SteamWake · 09-23-10, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Is your policy still in effect? Is your premium paid and current? If so, how can you provider just stop? You have paid the money on a contractural agreement. The last place I would be is posting at SS. I would be calling my provider making the inquiry.

Simply put... there in legal dispute with the providor for non payment. It is within their right to not accept 'debt' from a bad source.

Oh and trust me I have already been on the phone with the provider since we got that letter saying our coverage is being dropped.

AVGWarhawk · 09-23-10, 10:37 AM

When was the letter received? Did the letter state that coverage would continue for x amount of weeks until you can find another provider? Did they just drop you the day you opened the letter stating you will be dropped?

GoldenRivet · 09-23-10, 10:41 AM

my wife experienced her first rate hike in about 7 years.

60% increase

09-23-10, 09:52 AM	#1
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Healthcare issues hit home... I just learned today that my scheduled physical with a healthcare physician (that I have been with since 1970) has been canceled "Due to billing disputes with your provider". It seems that the provider (that I have been paying into for decades) has stopped paying their bills waiting to see what the current health care legislation is going to do and how it will effect them. So only one day into the new legislation and already I'm being pushed into the single payer plan. Hoooray God forbid something serious should happen right now. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

09-23-10, 10:37 AM	#5
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	When was the letter received? Did the letter state that coverage would continue for x amount of weeks until you can find another provider? Did they just drop you the day you opened the letter stating you will be dropped? __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	my wife experienced her first rate hike in about 7 years. 60% increase __________________

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09-23-10, 10:17 AM	#2
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Serious problems mean a specialist, and they (among providers) we have the most profound changes should you need them. This is because they must take Medicaid to have hospital privileges. Since this stupid plan adds Medicaid patients (whose care pays the doc below cost), expect long delays for treatment.