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DebRox
DebRox Member Posts: 437
edited June 2014 in Mental Health: Because Cancer Doesn't Just Affect Your Breasts

8 weeks after being dx with BC.  I finally decided to get to matching EOB's to actual bills.  This has me in tears.  I find it incredibly depressing.  Anyone else like that?

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  • GmaFoley
    GmaFoley Member Posts: 7,091
    edited May 2011

    We don't have insurance (well I have emergency/illness, part-time insurance - used up already) and in admitting on the way to the first surgery they tell me what I owe - that's when I cried.. I now have financial forms up the wazzo to fill out.. Feel blessed if you have insurance.  I finally got to the point that if i have to pay the rest of my life...its ok - I have grandkids I want to watch grow up...

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  • DebRox
    DebRox Member Posts: 437
    edited May 2011

    Hi ladies,   I am sorry I didn't mean to complain.  I am very fortunate that I have insurance so I am not complaining about that.

    I guess just going through the paperwork reminded me of this disease and all the costs associated with treating.  It is endless all the endless trips to the doctors and the mounting costs!

    I doubled checked my paperwork and found that one doctors office charged my insurance for a mammogram that I did not have.  I will be filing a grievance.  In addition the said doctors office suggested I meet his collegue as he was going out of town and he wanted to ensure I had someone to speak with in the event I needed to speak with a BS while he was gone for my peace of mind, When I came in to meet the collegue, I received an unsolicited consultation from the collegue and since the doctor popped his head in the door and spoke with me for 10 minutes another consult charge from him.   No wonder insurance premiums are soaring. 

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  • tracie23
    tracie23 Member Posts: 598
    edited May 2011

    My insurance is saying it's all pre existing and went back to all the health care providers and asked for refunds... I have a lawyer pro bono... I am sinking into a hole that I may never come out of..... I cry a lot!!!!

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  • Valnyc
    Valnyc Member Posts: 14
    edited May 2011

    Even if you have Insurance, you cannot trust their benefit calculations. Insurance statements are often incomprehensible and I always question any amounts that are not covered and seem excessive. My last plastic surgeon bill showed that I owed over a 1500 dollars. When I first called the insurance company, I was told that my doctor was not participating (not true). Then they discovered it had been coded as out of network. I have also discovered that some hospitals will bill you for the amount that the insurance did not pay even when hospital has an agreement with the insurance company that says the hospital has to accept the insurance payment as payment in full. It's an infuriating system!!



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