Thought this was an interesting pic

[PrincessFiona]

Most insurance companies are now denying to pay for neuropsych evals unless you have epilepsy or have had a concussion. My brother was just at the doctor and may have a mass in his abdomen and in his thyroid. Deductible? Nearly $5000. If he needs treatment, that will mean almost $10,000 for him in a matter of a couple of months.


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[ladymoreta]

It's just sickening...

[Deebs]

So, so wrong.

[HouseofWool]

Really, the insurance companies are the real reason health care is so freaking expensive.

[rufflesanddots]

But United may pull out of the exchanges because the company isn't making "enough" of a profit.

[PrincessFiona]

Thought this was an interesting pic

Something more about United. I know someone who is a nurse practitioner for United. She does home visits that are physicals. I don't understand exactly why but it has something to do with Medicare regulating people being seen once a year or something. Her findings are compared with the physician's findings and if she thinks a dx is different than the docs, the doc does get a letter.

Here's the kicker. United pays her > 100k. For meeting pt number goals, the company is taking a large group of NP's to Hawaii. Also, every patient is given a $25 gift card when they are seen as well as a token blanket as a gift. But doctors are driving up the cost of healthcare.


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[Meenah]

every patient is given a $25 gift card

This has been a real problem for me. I have had patients call and demand a physical, even though they just had one, just to get the effing gift card. I actually had one lady leave the practice because I wouldn't label her office visit an annual H&P well visit

[PrincessFiona]

Thought this was an interesting pic

This has been a real problem for me. I have had patients call and demand a physical, even though they just had one, just to get the effing gift card. I actually had one lady leave the practice because I wouldn't label her office visit an annual H&P well visit

Insanity! Where is your $25 bonus for seeing her?


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[fluffhead]

Every time we switch insurance co's the coverage gets worse. I get the craziest bills from our doctor visits these days, nickel and diming us for what the insurance won't pay. Medicine in the US has taken five steps back. I wonder if Hillary still has her giant plan in the closet somewhere?

[rufflesanddots]

Insanity! Where is your $25 bonus for seeing her?


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I actually said "WTF" out loud.

[houseelf]

This is kind of a local thing here because just across the river, Kentucky voted for a Governor who swore to remove Kentucky's version of Obamacare which benefits some of the most impoverished individuals in Appalachia. I just don't understand why the f*** the citizens would let this happen. . It's better to have tens of thousands of people uninsured and not accessing health care. Look, the program has huge gaping issues, but basically we're condemning a bunch of people to poor health, poverty, and potential death. Does not compute.

[PrincessFiona]

Thought this was an interesting pic

Doesn't Medicaid cover the most impoverished? All Obamacare has done here is make healthcare too expensive for many, many people. I only know 1 person who has benefitted. I know many people who have had their insurance premiums go up drastically, have been forced to change insurers and doctors more than once ... A friend of mine in TX has to drive over an hour 1 way to her oncologist because her ACA plan won't cover any local oncologists/hospital. Obamacare is a joke. We need something else.


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[poky]

Unless you meant me, you know more than one person who has benefitted. I'm uninsurable on my own given my "pre-existing conditions", and I'm currently self-employed, and so is DH. The *only* way I can get health insurance is thanks to the aca.

[PrincessFiona]

No, that makes two. Unfortunately, I deal with many people every day through my job who have been harmed.

As a disclaimer, I believe access to healthcare is s basic human right. But the ACA got it wrong for a lot of people.


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[HouseofWool]

I think the issues may be state specific.

Yes, the premiums are too high. But I manage individual point of service plans and the coverage is actually pretty good with a robust network.