Originally Posted by DJD
NO! It wasn't a typo. I wish it was. He told me a few days ago that, if this continued much longer, he was afraid he would have to file for bankruptcy. He has Blue Cross-Blue Shield Federal insurance and isn't sure how much they are going to pay
on his bills.
The insurance won't even discuss the medication that is $32k per dose until the doctor calls the manufacturer. He has to give
them a report on the success (or lack of) and they have to call the insurance company and approve payment. It's a screwed up mess but they deny that it's a new research medication and swear that it is one of the best.
I told him that he is too sick to even have to look at the bills; to put them away in a box until the insurance company pays
their part and then he will know exactly how much he will owe.
A couple of years ago he bought a mountaintop in a beautiful place. He cleaned it off and built a new house on the very top of the mountain. Nobody lives close to him and, with all the wildlife it looks like heaven on earth. Any angle we look from we can see all kinds of wildlife and some of the largest deer I've ever seen. I would hate for him to have to sell his house to pay his medical bills.
I worry what the new Obamacare is going to do to the insurance system. The first of November I had surgery to remove a Squameous Cell cancer from the side of my face and had 12 sutures. Thank God there is no cancer left in my face. I had a reminder call late yesterday afternoon telling me my appointment was at 3:15 pm today (to remove the last 2 sutures) and to bring the money to pay for both surgeries. Duh! They haven't even filed my insurance claim but are demanding payment TODAY. I can afford to pay it but I'm not going to pay until I find out how much my insurance is going to pay. I thought that Tulane Dermatology would have had more class than that; it's affiliated with Tulane University and my doctor taught there for 25 years. If I pay all of the bill today and then the insurance pays, I wonder if I would ever get a refund for overpayment.
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