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Old 06-17-22, 11:37 AM
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
It’s really only behavioral health, but there’s such a shortage of clinicians and lack of access they can get away with it.

They are forcing private pay because if they accept assignment, they can’t balance bill.
I get it. I believe there are a few psychiatrists in my area that also do not accept insurance, but almost all behavioral health providers have agreed to work within some type of network and play ball with at least some insurance plans. It's a mess, for sure.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Boringest series ever pitch: Bicycle Mechanic CSI. A bicycle expert uses bike evidence to solve crimes.
I could see that being a hit in Scandinavia. Possibly Great Britain.
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I really thought today I was going to feel awesome. That didn’t happen. It was zone 2 by default not by choice, and if J didn’t have the data for me to read I would have thought my heart rate was a lot higher.
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
Nobody accepts patients with insurance. You have to private pay.
We have experienced that. $400/hr for the local shrink. Thank gawd my rate is higher.
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Originally Posted by datlas
Yes. IBC (Independence Blue Cross) already cut our telemedicine reimbursement to 85% of office payment, but I am always happy to give self-pays a bigger break.
Seems like most of my medical issues require lab work and/or physical exam, otherwise I'd think about dialing in. Imagine the if you looked at the schedule and saw an 865 area code (VOL) in the queue.


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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
I could see that being a hit in Scandinavia. Possibly Great Britain.
What about? (#MOTD)


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Originally Posted by bampilot06
I really thought today I was going to feel awesome. That didn’t happen. It was zone 2 by default not by choice, and if J didn’t have the data for me to read I would have thought my heart rate was a lot higher.
I'm sure your doctor advised you to stay home and get lots of fluids! Best COVID recuperation takes place over the weekend

I felt good for the first half of my ride (slight tailwind)
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Old 06-17-22, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
do they take A$$, gas or grass?
Takes me back to my hitch hiking days in Texas . . . nobody rides for free.
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Just learned a lovely lesson.

Picked up the Taycan this afternoon, and the service guy put the key in the cup holder when he pulled it around. When I got home, I parked it in the garage, and went inside. While inside, I realized I didn't have the fob with me so I went out to get it. Yep, you guessed it, the car was locked. It locked itself. With the key inside. It would not open when I approached or tried to use the handle.

Thankfully, I was home and have a second key. Would have been a mess if I had stopped somewhere on the way.
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Old 06-17-22, 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
I'm sure your doctor advised you to stay home and get lots of fluids! Best COVID recuperation takes place over the weekend

I felt good for the first half of my ride (slight tailwind)
I felt pretty good today, odd because I hadn’t eaten.
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My Dr visits with 'good' insurance have become $200-$400 out of pocket cash and insurance billed anywhere from $400-1600 on the back end.

Pretty sure that if I up it from a bronze to a silver healthcare deal it does drop my deductible but I'm just paying that extra $1500 or $2000/yr up front INTO the policy itself.

Looks like DR's are doing the, I'll take a small pile of cash now, and I'll take a bigger pile of cash later vis a vi insurance. This is my uneducated consumer outsider look.

Between Dentist and Allergy shots I went ~$2k in last month. It's a lean summer which is fine; more bike riding, less b.s.
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Old 06-17-22, 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by topslop1
My Dr visits with 'good' insurance have become $200-$400 out of pocket cash and insurance billed anywhere from $400-1600 on the back end.

Pretty sure that if I up it from a bronze to a silver healthcare deal it does drop my deductible but I'm just paying that extra $1500 or $2000/yr up front INTO the policy itself.

Looks like DR's are doing the, I'll take a small pile of cash now, and I'll take a bigger pile of cash later vis a vi insurance. This is my uneducated consumer outsider look.

Between Dentist and Allergy shots I went ~$2k in last month. It's a lean summer which is fine; more bike riding, less b.s.
I am lucky that I have exceptional insurance. $118 a month, $30 PCP, $50 Specialist copay and $1,500 deductible brought down to $500 through some easy health assessment stuff. But, I guess that’s one of the perks in working for the big, bad, insurance company.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Boringest series ever pitch: Bicycle Mechanic CSI. A bicycle expert uses bike evidence to solve crimes.
Every show opens with the head of the CSI department dropping a bon mot, then doing that elaborate head-turning thing we all do to put on our sunglasses so they ear pieces go outside the helmet straps.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
We have experienced that. $400/hr for the local shrink. Thank gawd my rate is higher.

Whats the friends and family discount?
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Old 06-17-22, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
I'm sure your doctor advised you to stay home and get lots of fluids! Best COVID recuperation takes place over the weekend

I felt good for the first half of my ride (slight tailwind)

Doctor advised me to take it easy on the bike, in the same sentence she informed me that she knew I would not do that. She was the one that saw me after I ran into the road sign. She said to take a week off, I told her if the x ray came back good, I would ride that night. She shook her head but smiled. She gets it.

I used the word doctor, not doctor. PA.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
Every show opens with the head of the CSI department dropping a bon mot, then doing that elaborate head-turning thing we all do to put on our sunglasses so they ear pieces go outside the helmet straps.

Is RJ the star? I can picture him starting each episode with some jazzy one liner which lets us know he is smart and snazzy.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
Whaddya think? 2002ish Cannondale with tanwall slicks or semislicks?
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he doesn't look like a serious cyclist. How dare he defame our good name!
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Originally Posted by genejockey
then doing that elaborate head-turning thing we all do to put on our sunglasses so they ear pieces go outside the helmet straps.
I do no such thing.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Just learned a lovely lesson.

Picked up the Taycan this afternoon, and the service guy put the key in the cup holder when he pulled it around. When I got home, I parked it in the garage, and went inside. While inside, I realized I didn't have the fob with me so I went out to get it. Yep, you guessed it, the car was locked. It locked itself. With the key inside. It would not open when I approached or tried to use the handle.

Thankfully, I was home and have a second key. Would have been a mess if I had stopped somewhere on the way.
ughhh

one thing I can say about my old Acura - it has not done that to me yet (yet) ... has significant battery drain when sitting - but has not locked me out with keys inside

but don't use the high pressure sprayers when the key fob is in your pocket - or the locks will go crazy ... up and down rapid fire / lights on - off
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
I do no such thing.
Quelle surprise.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
Just learned a lovely lesson.

Picked up the Taycan this afternoon, and the service guy put the key in the cup holder when he pulled it around. When I got home, I parked it in the garage, and went inside. While inside, I realized I didn't have the fob with me so I went out to get it. Yep, you guessed it, the car was locked. It locked itself. With the key inside. It would not open when I approached or tried to use the handle.

Thankfully, I was home and have a second key. Would have been a mess if I had stopped somewhere on the way.
The Dodge won't allow you to lock the doors from the outside if there's a fob inside.

EDIT: I think you CAN lock it with a fob inside if you use the lock button on another fob, however.
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Originally Posted by bampilot06
Whats the friends and family discount?
For the shrink?
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Originally Posted by phrantic09
I am lucky that I have exceptional insurance. $118 a month, $30 PCP, $50 Specialist copay and $1,500 deductible brought down to $500 through some easy health assessment stuff. But, I guess that’s one of the perks in working for the devil incarnate.
Fixed.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
The Dodge won't allow you to lock the doors from the outside if there's a fob inside.

EDIT: I think you CAN lock it with a fob inside if you use the lock button on another fob, however.
This thing locks itself when you turn the car off and get out. When you approach, it unlocks and turns on by itself. But, I never thought it would lock with the fob in it. No other car I’ve ever had would.
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Originally Posted by t2p
ughhh

one thing I can say about my old Acura - it has not done that to me yet (yet) ... has significant battery drain when sitting - but has not locked me out with keys inside

but don't use the high pressure sprayers when the key fob is in your pocket - or the locks will go crazy ... up and down rapid fire / lights on - off
They also do unfortunate things when you jump in the pool with the fob in your pocket.

Saw that happen to someone once.
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