Eric A. MeyerJan 30, 2023

This happened to us early in Rebecca’s illness: the hospital we took her to was in network (despite us being out of state), but the radiology team at that hospital was an independent group that was out of network and accepted no insurance, so no costs were reduced. Anesthesiologists apparently do the same, a lot.

It’s beyond absurd, it’s grotesque, which I admit makes it fully of a piece with the rest of the US “health care system”.

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This is absurd. Woman goes into early labor, goes to an in-network hospital, but the doctors worked for an out of network hospital? So the parents are on the hook for $12K? RIDICULOUS. Please shut up forever about how cool it is to "shop for your healthcare" LITERALLY NO ONE WANTS TO DO THAT. This is "shopping for your healthcare": being wheeled into the ER and having to check to make sure EVERY PERSON is in your network. Completely impractical and ridiculous. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/01/30/1151778684/a-baby-spent-36-days-at-an-in-network-hospital-why-did-her-parents-get-a-huge-bi

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@Meyerweb My son was in a major accident out of state and his health insurance initially refused to pay the first hospital he was taken to because it didn't have an ER agreement with them, despite the fact that he was medflighted out of there and the next closest hospital was another 30 miles. (Luckily, he fully recovered.) They admitted they do this every time, and expect the insured to argue or pay.
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