Originally Posted by
Trsnrtr
I had my own shock this week when I got a $800 bill for my share of a $25,000 scan billed to my Medicare advantage plan. No idea what insurance paid.
As always when I saw my share of the charges, I thought, "What do poor people do?"
Qualify for Medicaid, get "unreimubursed" care, or go without. It's the uninsured/underinsured folks above the Medicaid cutoff who get the most thorough screwing, as a class.