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I'm heartened to come here and see people refusing to do things for ethical reasons. You need better protections in your work though. I work in the medical fi

by dm319 5y ago

I'm heartened to come here and see people refusing to do things for ethical reasons. You need better protections in your work though. I work in the medical field, and refusing to do something is a common occurrence and certainly not a sackable offence - but I guess the impact of what we do is immediately visible on someone present. A lot of decisions people make in other lines of work will impact a nameless person somewhere out of sight, so I guess it's easier to be unethical.

freedomben 5y ago
I have been waiting for doctors and other medical staff, especially in ERs, to stand up about the insane over-charging that takes place. Everyone seems to have a story, but in mine before I agreed to anything I asked how much it would be. I was given an estimate of around $1,200 for a scan, decided to proceed because I knew I had $1,800 in my HSA. Turned out they charged me almost $4,000 and I ended up in collections. I would have never, ever agreed to the scan if they had been honest.
- ticviking 5y ago
  Get them to put it in writing. Also you can usually mail a check with a short letter explaining you are paying the estimated cost and caching the check is the same as honoring that estimate.
- MiddleEndian 5y ago
  Medical billing is simply insane. A month or so after an emergency visit to the hospital, I started getting random bills in the mail ranging in $50-$100 amounts. I went back to the hospital and asked them what the total was so I could just pay them the full amount right there, which was only about $1000. They simply wouldn't tell me. They told me to wait for all the bills. As I paid them off, there was no indication of whether I had completed all the payments. Guess I missed one, as I also ended up in collections a year later for $50. My credit score was harmed instead of theirs.
- dreamcompiler 5y ago
  Last time I got a mortgage it turned out I had a couple of dings on my credit record because of unpaid medical bills (totaling a few hundred dollars) that I had missed and that had gone to collections. The banker processing my mortgage application said "It's not a problem. Everybody in America has unpaid medical bills. We ignore those." I got the mortgage.
- dm319 5y ago
  The situation in the US is insane.

by dm319 5y ago

freedomben 5y ago

I have been waiting for doctors and other medical staff, especially in ERs, to stand up about the insane over-charging that takes place. Everyone seems to have a story, but in mine before I agreed to anything I asked how much it would be. I was given an estimate of around $1,200 for a scan, decided to proceed because I knew I had $1,800 in my HSA. Turned out they charged me almost $4,000 and I ended up in collections. I would have never, ever agreed to the scan if they had been honest.

ticviking 5y ago
Get them to put it in writing. Also you can usually mail a check with a short letter explaining you are paying the estimated cost and caching the check is the same as honoring that estimate.
MiddleEndian 5y ago
Medical billing is simply insane. A month or so after an emergency visit to the hospital, I started getting random bills in the mail ranging in $50-$100 amounts. I went back to the hospital and asked them what the total was so I could just pay them the full amount right there, which was only about $1000. They simply wouldn't tell me. They told me to wait for all the bills. As I paid them off, there was no indication of whether I had completed all the payments. Guess I missed one, as I also ended up in collections a year later for $50. My credit score was harmed instead of theirs.
dreamcompiler 5y ago
Last time I got a mortgage it turned out I had a couple of dings on my credit record because of unpaid medical bills (totaling a few hundred dollars) that I had missed and that had gone to collections. The banker processing my mortgage application said "It's not a problem. Everybody in America has unpaid medical bills. We ignore those." I got the mortgage.
dm319 5y ago
The situation in the US is insane.