Comments on: The Cost of Being Sick http://www.diggz.org/index.php/2009/10/29/the-cost-of-being-sick/ The gospel according to Johnny Diggz. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:54:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Diggz http://www.diggz.org/index.php/2009/10/29/the-cost-of-being-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-691 Diggz Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:44:57 +0000 http://www.diggz.org/?p=1423#comment-691 Only now have I gotten to the point where my annual out-of-pocket is getting close to what I'd be paying in premiums. As a self-employed business owner, I've weighed the costs/risks of going uninsured. I may be at the point where I need to revisit these numbers. Only now have I gotten to the point where my annual out-of-pocket is getting close to what I’d be paying in premiums. As a self-employed business owner, I’ve weighed the costs/risks of going uninsured. I may be at the point where I need to revisit these numbers.

]]> By: Matt http://www.diggz.org/index.php/2009/10/29/the-cost-of-being-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-690 Matt Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:35:13 +0000 http://www.diggz.org/?p=1423#comment-690 Sorry to hear about your experience. I wondered why a patient paying cash pays so much more than an insured, where they (the docs) must fill out a mountain of forms to get their money. A friend said that how much Medicare pays is based upon a percentage of the doc's revenue (or their prices for services- I can't remember which exactly). Anyway, the point is, cash prices get inflated to pull up the baseline for Medicare reimbursement. Why no insurance up to now? I wonder if the premium cost plus copays and prescriptions would be more or less than what you're paying out of pocket per month. Don't even get me started about selling more services than needed or running more tests than needed... Hope you feel better. Sorry to hear about your experience. I wondered why a patient paying cash pays so much more than an insured, where they (the docs) must fill out a mountain of forms to get their money. A friend said that how much Medicare pays is based upon a percentage of the doc’s revenue (or their prices for services- I can’t remember which exactly). Anyway, the point is, cash prices get inflated to pull up the baseline for Medicare reimbursement.

Why no insurance up to now? I wonder if the premium cost plus copays and prescriptions would be more or less than what you’re paying out of pocket per month.

Don’t even get me started about selling more services than needed or running more tests than needed…

Hope you feel better.

]]> By: Cyndee http://www.diggz.org/index.php/2009/10/29/the-cost-of-being-sick/comment-page-1/#comment-687 Cyndee Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:58:34 +0000 http://www.diggz.org/?p=1423#comment-687 What an ordeal - found myself reading the whole thing just now. Maybe they should recruit you to DC to help figure out healthcare reform! And I bet they would offer you some health benefits too if you were working for the gobment. What an ordeal – found myself reading the whole thing just now. Maybe they should recruit you to DC to help figure out healthcare reform! And I bet they would offer you some health benefits too if you were working for the gobment.

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