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Re:Your New Medical Credit Score Could Deny You Care by raxxorrax on Thursday February 06, 2020 @11:09AM (#22257131)
But otherwise I could be made responsible to pay for that other poor soul, the concept of risk distribution is too complicated and strokes of fate never touch me.
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Re:Your New Medical Credit Score Could Deny You Care by Mirioron on Thursday February 06, 2020 @11:40AM (#22257498)
The issue in the US seems to be that even if you have a decent insurance plan you can still easily end up getting treatment by someone out of network. An anaesthesiologist or similar.
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Re:Your New Medical Credit Score Could Deny You Care by lotsofpulp on Thursday February 06, 2020 @11:46AM (#22257590)
I wonder how it works if you're wearing a shirt that says "Don't touch me unless you are in network with xyz insurance plan #".
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Re:Your New Medical Credit Score Could Deny You Care by froindt on Thursday February 06, 2020 @01:04PM (#22258441)
That won't save you. The doctor left the room and did a quick phone consult with a radiologist about your x-ray. Radiologist is out of network, so you'll get a big, fat, separate bill from them.
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