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The most salient issue is insurance providers being able to proclaim arbitrary hospitals as "in-network" and "out-of-network". My significant other claims that
by jimbob45 7y ago
The most salient issue is insurance providers being able to proclaim arbitrary hospitals as "in-network" and "out-of-network". My significant other claims that hospitals are now hiring contractors, who are always by definition "out-of-network". This hurts the career prospects of the contractor and lowers the level of care received.
And for nothing! Insurance should not be certifying which doctors you can and cannot see. That's for the medical boards to decide.
- jonlucc 7y agoYeah, if I go to an in-network facility, then they have an out-of-network provider walk into my room, how am I supposed to know? The same is true of labs. My wife had her blood drawn and sent to a lab every couple of years without issue until one year they sent it to a different lab unbeknownst to her. It was out-of-network and cost $800.
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoI've had good luck arguing with the insurance company on that kind of thing. It's worth a phone call.
- jonlucc 7y agoIt's been way too long now, but thanks for the tip. We called insurance and the doctor's office several times each to no avail. Insurance's answer was that we should sit in the exam room with an insurance representative on the phone to ask where each vial of blood is going and what for, then relay that to the insurance representative to give a verdict.