First question I am ask when I go to doctor is if I have insurance. How can they charge one price for insured people and another if you are not, its the same service shouldnt it be the same bill? If I dont have insurance the office call is $35, with insurance its $65, and we wonder why insurance is so high? How can a pair of gloves cost $17 on my hospital bill, I can buy 10 pair for a $1. Cotton balls $9, They only used 2 cotton balls. How can that be $9? My blood pressure meds cost me $10 a month, 2 pills in the hospital came to $39. This is unreal. We should be complaining about the doctor bills not the insurance.
2006-10-15 09:26:02 · 3 answers · asked by Mom 5 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
It's up to the insurance company to fight these high fees and the cost of things that are pennies on a dollar and they charge up in the dollars.You are right about that.
2006-10-15 14:00:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
With so many frivolous lawsuits for alleged malpractice, and stupid juries who allow outrageous payments to those who win the suits, doctors pay up to $250,000 (or maybe more) a year for malpractice insurance.
This is part of the reason why health care, and health insurance, cost so much.
In addition, doctors and hospitals are required by law to provide care to people who cannot afford it. Many hospitals are now going out of business or having to close their clinics and emergency rooms because of all the illegals coming in for free care.
2006-10-15 16:32:32 · answer #2 · answered by GreenHornet 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
But the two are related. Part of the reason doctors fees are so expensive is related to the bind they are put in by insurance companies--just like their patients.
2006-10-15 16:29:04 · answer #3 · answered by retorik75 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋