Re:"Not Medically Necessary": Helping America's Health Insur...
by QuantumGood on Thursday May 14, 2026 @01:48PM
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Seems useful, but bureaucracies don't refuse, they delay and obfuscate. So before trying this I would probably seek info on how to deal with bureaucratic realities.
Example: I had an inpatient hospital stay where the payment assistant person was never available, never returned calls. Not while I was in the hospital for days, nor in the weeks afterwards.
Technically, I "left against medical advice", though the last doctor I spoke to agreed with what I was doing.
Over two days of trying to manage costs, then 36 hours of planning and asking to leave all basically got me nowhere and I had to kind of force walk out.
Example: I had an inpatient hospital stay where the payment assistant person was never available, never returned calls. Not while I was in the hospital for days, nor in the weeks afterwards.
Technically, I "left against medical advice", though the last doctor I spoke to agreed with what I was doing.
Over two days of trying to manage costs, then 36 hours of planning and asking to leave all basically got me nowhere and I had to kind of force walk out.