Doctor's suck Options

[Genocide Junkie]

Ok so I know we all can debate our healthcare system and who should pay for what but I thought I'd just give an example of how doctors screw us. I went to my family doctor for a normal check up. I get lab work done etc. I thought the bad part was going to be having to be stuck with a needle and them take some of my precious blood. But oh no. About a month after the visit I get a bill from the Lab. $1400 with a note saying they had already filed this with my insurance and this was MY PART!!!!! So I call the Lab company who says I have to call the insurance company who says I have to call the Lab company... grrrrrrrrr. Anyway, after hours on the phone they agree to rerun it on my insurance. So today I get the statement from them. They accepted $250 as payment from BC/BS. This is sickening to me that they charge 700% more than what they expect as payment. If I didn't have insurance would I have to negotiate a rate that was even half of this? This is robbery IMO and should be illegal. I'm not against a doctor making a VERY GOOD living. But this sort of crap just irks me. This REALLY makes me want to send them a bill for my time that I sat in their office waiting on my 10 am appointment for 4 hours. Bastards.

[Genocide Junkie]

As crazy as this sounds I don't prefer the government taking my money and telling me how to spend it. This was resolved and I vary rarely pay anything other than a copay but the headache I had to go through to get this done was infuriating. What scares me is the doc didn't ask me if I had insurance or hint at what the cost was. Fortunately I've learned a lesson now. I do know that doctors milk the insurance companies for as much as possible. I went to the doc in a box here for a cold/flu last year and they wanted to take xrays of my chest.... hell no I've got a cold not a broken bone. Give me some antibiotics, a shot, and some feel good cough syrup. Thank you. I'll be back in a week if I'm dying. They had treated 250 ppl that day for the same thing. So 250 x-rays on ppl with a cold x $100 probly. Geez.....

I think I paid $2.00 for a script once.

Sorry about that Geno Wow, that is highway robbery, but after hearing that... I'm glad I live in Canada.

I guess free medical is ideal. I have never paid for a doctor, dentist, blood work, operation or physio. I even have massage therapy covered under my work plan.

With all the broken bones I've had, I would have been broke.

Sixy you pay for it just instead of being billed by the doctor you get billed by your government every time you get paid.