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From: dene on 21 Jan 2010 02:01 <assimilate(a)borg.org> wrote in message news:4b57e5ac$0$30827$882e0bbb(a)news.ThunderNews.com... > > On 20-Jan-2010, "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote: > > > This from the guy who works in the health insurance field, and who > > cares not one iota about helping people who need health care, but > > rather, cares only about company profits, and wouldn't think twice > > about denying health care to anyone if it cut into his own pension. > > This shows again that you don't have a clue. > > -- > bill-o I didn't catch this the first time. I do not derive a pension or salary from any insurance company. I'm completely independent, 1099 broker. Furthermore, when an insurance company denies one of my applicants, we both lose. As you said, Randy doesn't have a clue. I wonder if he had the sense to call a broker to get himself a plan. -Greg
From: Jack Hollis on 21 Jan 2010 09:45 On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:31:31 -0800, "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: >> Here in the Atlanta area, everyone knows that if you're uninsured and >> need a procedure, the only place you can go is the city hospital (I >> forget the name of it -- it's downtown). > >Apparently this hospital is violating the law. One of the ways that hospitals avoid the mandate to provide emergency care to anyone who shows up is to not have an ER. Hundreds and hundreds of ERs have closed since the law was passed. It's estimated that a bit over half of the patients that show up at an ER will never pay for their services. BTW, this is also one of the reasons that some people don't buy health insurance. They know that they can get health care and not have to pay for it. You can keep going back to the same hospital that you owe money to over and over and they still can't refuse to treat you.
From: BAR on 21 Jan 2010 09:59 In article <1qpgl5h5ekq76b8at5mi0gkldo4suv6dib(a)4ax.com>, xsleeper(a)aol.com says... > > On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:31:31 -0800, "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> > wrote: > > >> Here in the Atlanta area, everyone knows that if you're uninsured and > >> need a procedure, the only place you can go is the city hospital (I > >> forget the name of it -- it's downtown). > > > >Apparently this hospital is violating the law. > > One of the ways that hospitals avoid the mandate to provide emergency > care to anyone who shows up is to not have an ER. Hundreds and > hundreds of ERs have closed since the law was passed. It's estimated > that a bit over half of the patients that show up at an ER will never > pay for their services. BTW, this is also one of the reasons that > some people don't buy health insurance. They know that they can get > health care and not have to pay for it. You can keep going back to > the same hospital that you owe money to over and over and they still > can't refuse to treat you. ERs have become nothing more than money sucking holes that will drag an otherwise profitable and useful hospital into bankruptcy. Getting people to stop going to the ER for free care of their sniffles, headaches or head colds is the answer.
From: Jack Hollis on 21 Jan 2010 10:21 On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:12:08 -0800, "dene" <dene(a)remove.ipns.com> wrote: >> So don't tell me this stuff doesn't happen. Insurance companies >> themselves have admitted they do. > >It's never happened in my experience and I've seen my clients have some >hefty claims. My best friend's premature baby spent two months in ICY >prenatal, costing 800k, before dying. The insurance company paid it all >without blinking. I can cite heart attacks, strokes, long term cancer >illnesses, etc. All paid in full. As my wife says, you are covered for what your policy says you're covered for. If you need a heart transplant and you insurance doesn't cover transplants the insurance company has every right to deny the claim. If you lie on your application, the insurance company has every right to cancel your policy. Every state has insurance regulators who will mediate any dispute between a company and a policyholder.
From: Jack Hollis on 21 Jan 2010 10:24
On Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:16:51 -0500, "R&B" <none_of_your_business(a)all.com> wrote: > I fully expect my hospital bills will amount to a >second car payment I'll have to endure for a couple years. I'm fine >with that. I admire that you intend to pay your hospital bill. You know that no one will do anything about it if you don't. |