I get ear infections pretty easy since I burnt a hole in my eardrum.
I can go to a doc in the box in NJ slap down 150$ & it will cover most if not all procedures, I go to the one here in WV they have to bill me . Why is that ? I have pretty good insurance but I dont get my bills on a regular basis because I travel. To me it makes absolutely no sense.
Couldn't get into my doc while home .
I'm frequently frustrated by medical billing. On multiple occasions I've paid anticipated co-pays up front, only to find that insurance ended up covering it. I get my refund of the co-pay in about a year. I've also been billed for things that insurance already paid. I've pointed out to the offices that double billing is fraud. Oh, they'd probably refund what I paid, but it would take a year.
This is a big part of what I think is broken with the medical system in the US. It's not that the medical providers are bad, but the billing and insurance interactions are severely messed up. If I go to a hospital that my insurance company labels as a preferred provider, how is it possible that someone I can't choose, like my anesthesiologist, isn't automatically on the preferred list? How is it that the hospital has no earthly idea what the
I have broken a few bones & have hurt myself all over my short chubby body , but the worst pain I can remember is a ball of burning metal going in my ear , its happened before a few times just never went that deep
..the extreme pain is quick & leaves in a couple seconds but I promise it will make a person bury his head in a icy mud puddle...
I had a piece of hot metal burn through a leather glove and start on my hand. I remember that being painful, and I got free of it quickly. I can't imagine that in my ear. Ouch.
