Jessie
@sincerest
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 8:52 PM
[adventures in medical billing] https://images.plurk.com/5RTSb7Lz8T43Y9huFGG3jJ.jpg
..... /gets on the phone I guess (unsure)
Jessie
@sincerest
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 8:53 PM
torn between ".....what" and "HAHAHAHAHA that's cute and not gonna happen"
Jessie
@sincerest
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 8:54 PM
(it's not a real bill and the hospital usually appeals twice before they send me anything so no worries there yet)
Jessie
@sincerest
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 8:55 PM
I checked the dates on what they decided not to pay for and it's the scan that led to them finding cancer part 2? so I'm pretty sure I can argue the case for needing to have done the thing (LOL)
Jessie
@sincerest
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 8:55 PM
but also healthcare in america is nuts
Jessie
@sincerest
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 8:56 PM
I'm also looking at an actual bill for like $500 that's sending me on a hunt for shit to prove the legal equivalent of "NUH UH" (LOL)
Red Hair Jean
@metaljean
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:00 PM
Healthcare in America is a load of shit.
morethan084
@morethan084
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:02 PM
I hate our health care
vex appeal
@SaroSaron
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:02 PM
Oh, I do NOT like that.
Jessie
@sincerest
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:03 PM
LOLOL it gets better
Chi
@noassgardian
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:03 PM
jfc
Jessie
@sincerest
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:03 PM
so I spoke to someone whose job is clearly to be on phones all day because he did NOT want to be on the phone with me ruining his quota with my bullshit
Jessie
@sincerest
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:04 PM
BUT apparently the appeals already happened sometime between when this was printed and today
Jessie
@sincerest
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:04 PM
because he was like "no we paid $900. you owe $30"
Jessie
@sincerest
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:05 PM
and I dont really understand how a 17k charge can be solved with $900 but all of this stuff seems like imaginary numbers anyway (LOL)
Red Hair Jean
@metaljean
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:05 PM
It really doesn't feel real when they get to that large of a size
inadequate tits
@fontech
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:11 PM
inadequate tits
@fontech
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:11 PM
TOO MANY ZEROS
Jessie
@sincerest
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:16 PM
a reminder that people without insurance don't have the luxury of laughing at the idea of paying several thousand dollars for one test
Jessie
@sincerest
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:18 PM
it's an arbitrary system where medical providers make up an arbitrary price, insurance makes up a much lower arbitrary price, and the providers go "cool thanks for the check" and take it
Jessie
@sincerest
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:18 PM
but without the insurance element there, the insane arbitrary price actually gets charged to a real person
Jessie
@sincerest
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:19 PM
it's infuriating and humbling at the same time
Jessie
@sincerest
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:19 PM
(and a reminder that my current contract ends at the end of the spring semester and I'm going to need to find a way to extend that shit out (unsure))
爪🝗尺⼕卄㇄讠𝓝Ꮆ.
@courtings
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:20 PM
A lot of times they pay $900 because they fight the hospital. Like a hospital will try to charge you $100 for a plastic cup
爪🝗尺⼕卄㇄讠𝓝Ꮆ.
@courtings
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:20 PM
and the insurance company will ask for an itemized bill and suddenly all those charges go away
Jessie
@sincerest
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:20 PM
yeah it's all made up numbers
爪🝗尺⼕卄㇄讠𝓝Ꮆ.
@courtings
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:20 PM
It’s insane
vex appeal
@SaroSaron
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:20 PM
Those made up numbers might be wildly different from one hospital to the next, too
Red Hair Jean
@metaljean
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:20 PM
It's infuriating and frustrating.
爪🝗尺⼕卄㇄讠𝓝Ꮆ.
@courtings
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:20 PM
The hospital is like on you flushed the toilet once? $500 water bill
vex appeal
@SaroSaron
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:21 PM
Which on the one hand they're wildly made up, so why shouldn't they? On the other, surely they could at least pretend there's a real number.
爪🝗尺⼕卄㇄讠𝓝Ꮆ.
@courtings
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:22 PM
And if you yourself gets a hospital bill always call and ask for an itemized bill
爪🝗尺⼕卄㇄讠𝓝Ꮆ.
@courtings
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:22 PM
Magically things will go away
Jessie
@sincerest
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:27 PM
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:29 PM
https://images.plurk.com/2jmzN5r5GpmlfYMziiQlgE.jpg
This is the size of the stack of medical bullshit from just 2020 (LOL) sparkle water for scale.
Jessie
@sincerest
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:28 PM
oh oops doxxed myself /EDITS THAT
Jessie
@sincerest
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 9:29 PM
okay it's fixed
dragillionaire
@dragillionaire
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 10:09 PM
god I hate this
Red Hair Jean
@metaljean
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 10:10 PM
Ungh, yeah.... If I bothered, I'd just want to set the stack on fire, really.
inadequate tits
@fontech
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 10:11 PM
cancer is already a nightmare, this just looks extra exhausting
Jessie
@sincerest
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 10:12 PM
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 10:12 PM
yeah it's usually like a 2-hour project when I'm doing anything more than going "oh another one of these /throws on pile for later"
e(Liz)a
@lizimajig
Mon, Oct 19, 2020 10:27 PM
Ugh this is bullshit. Being sick and getting care should cost a person $0.
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