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marie999

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5. Not only that, but they have to pay all their medical bills for the full amount.

Reply to Celerity (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 31, 2021, 05:32 PM

Dec 2021

What we need is a law that states that all medical bills can not be for more than Medicare allowable. We receive a memo from Optima that pays for our non-VA medical which gives the amount billed, how much they pay under Medicare allowable, and how much we owe which is always $0.00

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Here's what the new ban on surprise medical billing means for you [View all] Jilly_in_VA Dec 2021 OP

I take it the uninsured are still unprotected ./nt bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #1

Yes. Celerity Dec 2021 #2

Not only that, but they have to pay all their medical bills for the full amount. marie999 Dec 2021 #5

No other advanced nation would accept what Americans do in terms of the wealth extraction Celerity Dec 2021 #8

Thanks, Jilly Hekate Dec 2021 #3

lol. I wonder if that's why I received a surprise dental bill yesterday ecstatic Dec 2021 #4

I had surgery where the doctor and the hospital was in-network, the anesthesiologist was not. Midnight Writer Dec 2021 #6

Excellent. Ms. Toad Dec 2021 #7

Good to know. smirkymonkey Dec 2021 #9