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We hire a lot of Europeans at my company, and they are shocked and bewildered by our healthcare system. "Wait, you mean I pay nearly $5000 a year for healthcar
by Johnny555 7y ago
We hire a lot of Europeans at my company, and they are shocked and bewildered by our healthcare system.
"Wait, you mean I pay nearly $5000 a year for healthcare insurance, but they won't pay for healthcare until I reach a $5000 deductible!? And if I don't ask each and every doctor at the hospital if they take my insurance, they may not be covered at all?"
- braythwayt 7y agoWe have a couple of Europeans at our company... ... ... ...in our Toronto office.
- vkou 7y agoThe best part is that the hospital can bring in an out-of-network doctor or nurse after you've passed out from anesthesia... Without asking you if you were cool with this, before you undertake the procedure. That's one way to discover a giant out-of-network bill, when you went in for surgery at an in-network hospital, performed by an in-network surgeon, with an in-network anesthesiologist... And an out-of-network nurse, whose job consists of holding the saline bag for 30 minutes, at ten times the billed-to-patient rate of anyone else in the operating room. I wish I was kidding.
- mirimir 7y agoI am very afraid of this. My wife has had a few surgeries in recent years. We've always verified, at every possible stage, until I've said goodbye in pre-op, that everything is in-network. But there's no way to know what might happen later. I wonder if our attorney could prepare a contract that stipulates no out-of-network interaction without authorization. But who would we get to sign it?