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Originally Posted by cdnus
I know this sounds simplistic---But why can't the Hospitals/doc's just charge their patients a Top Up fee rather than drop them stone cold to fend for themselves????
Or does medicare not allow for this practise.
Just asking
Craig
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I am not sure about how other places do it, but I pay my doctors bills in cash and get a pretty good break on the charges. Saves them the work of submitting papers and then waiting to see what amount they may get. Plus all of the laws this state has added are adding to the cost. A good example was when I went in last year for blood work. Mary brought the two capsules and needle in to take my blood and they were sealed in plastic. They were on a tray about 10" from me and Ron stopped and asked her a question and she was never more than a foot from the tray. But because she had taken her eyes off the darn things for that second or so, she had to throw them in the waste bin still sealed in plastic and get another set. I asked Ron about it and he said it just wasn't worth taking a chance on having his license pulled if anyone happened to see she wasn't looking at them every second and told the medical board. Basically the same for my dentist. He can only use certain tools more than once, and once that law went into effect the manufacturers immediately tripled the price of those tools. Then he had to pay a ton of money for some kind of ultra sonic oven to clean other stuff with and keep a log which has to be sent in monthly.
Ron