Just got a bill from the laboratory that did the blood work for my recent physical: a whopping $1,023 because Kaiser Permanente is refusing to pay any of it
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Mine's not going away. From the fact that I got two separate Explanation of Benefits mailings, I deduce that the lab tried twice in vain with my insurance company. Now they're passing the problem onto me. I hope it's as simple as calling them and telling them that the physical wasn't for work or school. They covered it last year, after all.
It's stupid that the insurance company couldn't call me and ask. Also a little stupid that the lab couldn't do the same, considering they saw the reason for the rejection the first time around.
Since when does a for-profit company that benefits when I don't GET benefits know what *I* need?
Gosh, it sounds as if "a bureaucrat has come between you and your doctor," but we all know that never happens in our perfect system.
What's extra retarded in my case is that KP is supposed to be non-profit, and I actually work for a startup that's funded by KP. Hey, there's an idea: I could get HR to lean on them for me!
I can afford to pay the bill while I'm fighting it in order to keep my credit from being destroyed, but I shouldn't have to, and I feel bad for all the people who don't have that luxury.
UGH!
AND I have like the highest, best level of coverage... like the Cadillac of all plans.
Let us know if it gets resolved. I was kinda hoping mine would just go away.
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It's stupid that the insurance company couldn't call me and ask. Also a little stupid that the lab couldn't do the same, considering they saw the reason for the rejection the first time around.
* browses website about how to move to the UK *
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At one of my last visits I was informed that a procedure was not seen as "necessary" by my insurance as well and had to foot the bill.
Since when does a for-profit company that benefits when I don't GET benefits know what *I* need?
Man it was CRAZY. It was for an x-ray when my dr thought I broke my ankle.
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Gosh, it sounds as if "a bureaucrat has come between you and your doctor," but we all know that never happens in our perfect system.
What's extra retarded in my case is that KP is supposed to be non-profit, and I actually work for a startup that's funded by KP. Hey, there's an idea: I could get HR to lean on them for me!
I can afford to pay the bill while I'm fighting it in order to keep my credit from being destroyed, but I shouldn't have to, and I feel bad for all the people who don't have that luxury.
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CRAZY.
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