Insured, but Still Owing $109K for a Heart Attack

Re:Insured, but Still Owing $109K for a Heart Attack by lotsofpulp on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @02:01PM (#17861156)

Do you expect one organization to have a pricing agreement with every single medical provider in the USA?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Insured, but Still Owing $109K for a Heart Attack by epitrochoidal on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @03:05PM (#17861856)

You mean, like Medicare? OK, it's not with every provider, just anyone who wants to be a provider.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Insured, but Still Owing $109K for a Heart Attack by lotsofpulp on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @03:11PM (#17861905)

I should have written one health insurance company instead of one organization. Obviously it doesn't make sense to compare a health insurance company that has to abide by 50 different state insurance regulators to the US government.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Insured, but Still Owing $109K for a Heart Attack by mnm1 on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @06:24PM (#17863482)

Then they shouldn't be allowed to conduct business. Of course I expect them to cover all emergencies period. How they do that, I don't really care. If it were up to me, I'd ban these monstrous leeches from society altogether and only allow them to offer supplemental plans. They clearly can't do their own job so they should be replaced by a program like Medicare or Medicaid that can do the job. Would you accept a car insurance policy that only covers some accidents? That's beyond ridiculous.

[ Parent | on HN ]