Its also interesting that you will then get an extra bill from the doctor for what had not been paid by insurance, which they will then harass you to pay. Which they can't do, and violates their agreement with the insurance company, but happens anyway.
I even had one doctor's office tell me that the documented (printed) price for the procedure per their agreement with the insurance company didn't matter.
I'm right there with you, man. And we've had to send several "Prior Authorization Forms" for the same damn inhaler. We basically pay insurance to hassle us...
Yep. My parents live close to the Mexico border. I just have them pick up a 3-pack of inhalers (for like $10) every time they go. The last inhaler I bought in the US had an insurance co-pay of $40, and I have decent insurance.
Even with great insurance, we pay like 70 bucks an inhaler for my wife. It's inhuman and cruel to hike up prices for medicine needed to live.
Its also interesting that you will then get an extra bill from the doctor for what had not been paid by insurance, which they will then harass you to pay. Which they can't do, and violates their agreement with the insurance company, but happens anyway.
I even had one doctor's office tell me that the documented (printed) price for the procedure per their agreement with the insurance company didn't matter.
Everything about this system is damaged.
I'm right there with you, man. And we've had to send several "Prior Authorization Forms" for the same damn inhaler. We basically pay insurance to hassle us...
Yep. My parents live close to the Mexico border. I just have them pick up a 3-pack of inhalers (for like $10) every time they go. The last inhaler I bought in the US had an insurance co-pay of $40, and I have decent insurance.