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In reply to the discussion: On 9/9/2024 I stopped in Amarillo to get week-old stitches out at an ER facility .. got the bill today: $20,000+ [View all]DENVERPOPS
(13,003 posts)of Dr.'s, ER's, etc doing all they can to add stuff on to increase their bottom lines, or the Corporations that own them adding on stuff.
It was bad the past years, but it is becoming common practice from what I can see........
The other thing I have seen, is even your regular Dr.'s billing for their full amount, after it was supposed to be covered by Medicare if they accepted medicare........When I have called, they ALWAYS say: "Oh we made a mistake"......my guess is they plan on a certain number of people that will just go ahead and pay it.
Same with them billing Medicare using a more expensive procedure code, and description of what they did, in hopes that it will just go through......
The Senator in Florida was CEO of a firm that corruptly billed Medicare for 1.4 Billion........He made a ton of money off the corruption, the firm paid the fine, and the people in Florida even voted him in as a Senator....
The entire Medical Industry and Pharmaceutical Industry has become a Humongous Criminal Enterprise................and it will only get worse with Trump/Musk destroying Medicare and Medicaid, and the Medical Insurance Corporations trying to get out of paying for anything.....