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Yes, not only do they offer it but some insurers will give you credit card gift cards to help pay for treatment. That is how dysfunctional our medical system is
by yardie 4y ago
Yes, not only do they offer it but some insurers will give you credit card gift cards to help pay for treatment. That is how dysfunctional our medical system is at this moment. Providers will lock insurers at one rate, negotiate a different rate for self-insured that could be lower/higher. And insurers get wind of this and try to sneak pay the self rate.
- Consultant32452 4y agoI use one of the "health share" providers instead of insurance. They have negotiated rates with providers but they literally instruct you not to reveal that, get the cash price invoice, and then they will take care of further negotiations if applicable. Presumably getting the cash price first lets them pick which they would prefer to pay: cash price or the negotiated rate. "Oh yeah, our customer forgot to inform you they qualify for this negotiated rate."