Comments on: Patient Decides to Turn Table on Doctor http://bobmccarty.com/2010/07/31/patient-decides-to-turn-table-on-doctor/ Humor, Politics, Culture & Capitalism @BobMcCarty Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:41:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Givemeliberty http://bobmccarty.com/2010/07/31/patient-decides-to-turn-table-on-doctor/comment-page-1/#comment-21612 Givemeliberty Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:09:17 +0000 http://bobmccarty.com/?p=31733#comment-21612 Oh, but wait...don't those people work for the third party payor? How's this? A relative of mine, wanting to plan since he pays mostly out of pocket (with a catastrophic plan for back-up) asked how much the test would cost. After asking repeatedly, he was told repeatedly $200. It turned out to cost $740. If the patient can't figure out what anything costs, how can he vote with his feet/wallet? It's insane. Groceries, gasoline, cell phone service, legal advice--nothing else works this way. Oh, but wait…don’t those people work for the third party payor?

How’s this? A relative of mine, wanting to plan since he pays mostly out of pocket (with a catastrophic plan for back-up) asked how much the test would cost. After asking repeatedly, he was told repeatedly $200. It turned out to cost $740. If the patient can’t figure out what anything costs, how can he vote with his feet/wallet? It’s insane. Groceries, gasoline, cell phone service, legal advice–nothing else works this way.

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