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Yeah, I have no idea what they're talking about. I'm no fan of the insurance companies, but they can't just deny everything. It's definitely not the predominate
by Pigo 7y ago
Yeah, I have no idea what they're talking about. I'm no fan of the insurance companies, but they can't just deny everything. It's definitely not the predominate experience most people are having with insurance.
- ceejayoz 7y agoYou'll likely see a vast gulf in experiences between the "I go to the doc for a flu shot once a year" folks and the high acuity people.
- Pigo 7y agoWell I know people who take ambulances to the hospital, and have the dr prescribe formula and diapers that way it can be covered by their medicare. But that's a different ballgame than employer insurance. I suppose there's a lot of different kinds of people out there.
- ceejayoz 7y agoIt's fairly unlikely many folks are managing to get Medicare to cover children's formula and diapers.
- Pigo 7y agoThey use CareSource to be exact but it provides public health care programs including Medicaid, Medicare, and Marketplace. My wife works with a few people who do these kinds of things. They use ambulances like a personal taxi service. If they can get a dr to say the kid has a rash, they will get "prescribed" a few boxes of special diapers.
- ceejayoz 7y agoYou're likely referring to Medicaid, then, not Medicare. Can't say I'm too fussed about impoverished people getting a few boxes of diapers, and using ambulances for transit reveals an underlying societal problem more than individual greed.
- chmod775 7y agoYup. If people are willing to go through that much trouble just to get from A to B or to save a few dollars on diapers, there's something wrong. They're investing hours and go through quite a hassle just to possibly save single digit amounts of dollars. You don't do this if you don't think you have to.
- Pigo 7y agoI don't really care as a whole, I'm glad there's a stop gap for the people who would genuinely need this. My complaint is mostly the people I know personally who are doing this. Both families are not broke, and could be doing better if the father actually worked. The ambulance rides do tie up the system however. I have a cousin who is an EMT and between rescuing overdoses he has regulars they have to taxi because they have a cold, or something else trivial. There is public transportation, but even that would cost them personally and requires waiting. It's probably better to let a few selfish people take advantage of the system in the long run, but it amazes me how selfish some people can be when there's people in real need out there.