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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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The reason why there is no price list for medical procedures and follow ups is because every case is unique. Travfar apparently does not know what a "medical chart" is. A medical chart often varies...
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Preexisting conditions are not just for people who have neglected their health. My niece was born with a syndrome which includes congenital heart defects. She had her first surgery at 6 weeks old....
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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are you people delusional? What you pay in premiums every month/year does not even amount to the total amount if you were not covered under insurance. Procedures can cost up to 50-60k+ (more or less...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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Do you even realize how much Medicare pays in certain areas of the US? Medicare may be nice for prescription medications and small procedures but the payout from Medicare is meager at best
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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Haven't answered any question. 12% avg annual increase and you don't see a problem.
why is non-insured gets cash rate that's even cheaper than the medicare? Why is that more profitable for the...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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My problem is being 38 and already on maitnence drugs that I can't stop taking. I would carry a high deductible plan if I could get even half way prescription coverage.
Also, why do they use...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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Don't even bother. That person has no direct experience overseas. They make that quite clear. All their "experience" is third party and heresay. I doubt they've ever even left the country. ...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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You don't understand the comparisons then. They don't compare what each patient pays out of pocket, they compare the total cost of healthcare regardless of the source. So whether it's paid 100%...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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Nope. Just a poor fishing village in Northern Mexico. So poor that even fishing is no longer profitable and the natives have resorted to farming seaweed. It's called St. James. Or in the native...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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Man that's cheap. That's like Thailand cheap. For us it was $3000 just for the crown. That was with insurance. $6000 for the implant. The extraction cost was the same though.
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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What do you expect when Obamacare was written by health insurance lobbyists? Who benefits? Insurance companies. If you think things are about to improve when it all kicks in after 2014, you are...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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The part I love to hate in our health care system? The 'interview'. If I see a new dentist or specialty doctor, it usually starts with an appointment where nothing gets done. The new dentist won't...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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Strange, when I'm in other countries they don't seem to have a problem giving quotes. Are you saying they are better at planning than in the US? Also for some elective proceedures, even here in the...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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Oh, I have real world experience. You claim to yet the proof is in the pudding. Still waiting for the pricelist for the place you work at. Just post a link. I posted links to support my argument....
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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Exactly. But those defending why doctors/hospitals can't give quotes is because each patient is unique. Do patients magically stop being unique when a proceedure is elective versus when it's...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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The health system is a mess in the U.S. its unaffordable. My dad needed an operation has health insurance got a quote deductible 4 grand and the rest they would pay it (and I still think there would...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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Mine went down about 7%. This is for an HDHP with HSA at a Fortune 500 company
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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Switched from Aetna to Anthem Blue Cross. As far as I can tell, all the other benefits remained the same. The decrease is for the entire premium.
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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My cost went up 100%. It's complete bullshit. Worse case, higher cost. Thanks, Obama!
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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Whoa! Are you buying individual coverage or through your employer? Any cost sharing for your coverage?
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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This is my problem with the market.
My gf had a "heart sonogram" (whatver it's called) last week. They told her the test was 5000, if she filed insurance her cost part would be 2000, if she put in...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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Thats your experience of my experience the many times there has been an operation they have all been successful from me, my dad, and mom. So what do you think the solution should be? To call Mexico...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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I will try and get you some links when I have some free time to look at work. And the reason procedures like lasik are coming down is NOT because of listed prices but because of competition and newer...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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fark $3k for a crown? I've had several crowns done and they were all $1000 or so, 50/50 share between myself and the insurance.
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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Thanks for that. That's exactly what is useful. I wish it was the standard and that everyone would post pricelists like that. It's exactly what I find overseas.
I too look at health blue book. ...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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Actually 70% of the total employees insurance are self-funded. All the big names ie Wells Fargo, Dell, etc are self-funded.
They just use insurance's companies' PPO network and the insurance...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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I forgot all about this thread... Here is a great example from one of the best hospitals in the world:http://my.clevelandclinic.org/Documents/Patients/HB197_MAIN_2010.pdf
So your dads cut lip as...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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So you feel hospital should charge that 400-4000% mark up to the insured. I mean they do give you 50% off........so it's like 200-2000% mark up. You like?
Btw, this is one of the reason why US's...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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I got the same letter from Blue Cross, I call them up to cancel (thinking maybe they could offer me a better deal), they basically said thanks for being a customer and good riddance...
I think...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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I feel your pain.
Seriously, if I need anything done that is even remotetly elective I'm getting it done outside of the US. I have worldwild helicopter evacuation coverage. Most people would...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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Now I'm on the highest deductible one they offer. 2 years ago when I switched to this one my deductible was a quarter of what I have now. Yet now, I'm paying more than I did for that far lower...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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More hot air. I got nothing to fight it other than facts.
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Daily-Reports/2012/December/03/60-minutes-health-management-associates.aspx
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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With the healthcare system, not as someone who works in the system. Yeah great, you take care of some family members. You know more than Joe dumbass on the street. But that is a far cry from those...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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Wow is the United States' healthcare system ever a mess. I don't mean this to criticize you, but when we start saying our premium "only" increased 12% annually, it really reinforces how expensive...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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And why do people do that? Because many in the US have no recourse. In many neighborhoods it's be ingrained in their culture that that's what you do. And that's a big reason why the healthcare in...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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Its probably hard to believe, but its truth the operation cost 1k it wasn't a serious operation it was something minor it took like 15 or 20 minutes the thing is here in the U.S. they want to charge...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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all these mandatory preventive care, PPO network, and ambiguous hospital billing are what's wrong with the system...
Now we add F'd up Obama care into the solution. WTF is with the no rating, 3...
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Thread created 11-28-2012 by travfar
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Curious which BCBS plan you have, trav.
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Everything is a mess in this country :crying:
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Health insurance is out of whack, but I don't believe that correlates to the healthcare in the US being a mess. If you want that 22% or whatever shifted to your taxes feel free to move to country...
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