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Post #441,188 by Andrew Grygus 3/20/22 9:57:10 PM 3/20/22 9:57:10 PM Reply	Oh, there will be more bills, but . . . . . the way Medicare works is this. The doctor or organization bills Medicare at their full rate. Medicare pays them what they pay for the coded procedures. The patient can then be billed only a percentage of the difference between the two. I recently got another bill for $8.87. The full charge was $1280. I will certainly get some larger ones, but it should be all manageable.
Post #441,372 by Andrew Grygus 4/16/22 10:13:57 PM 4/16/22 10:13:57 PM Reply	The big hospital bill finally got here. Hospital charge: $171,718.01 After Medicare payment and Medicare adjustments, I have to pay $1,556.00 - somewhat lower than I was expecting.
Post #441,376 by crazy 4/17/22 7:49:42 AM 4/17/22 7:49:42 AM Reply	Wow. It's good to be old. I don't go to the hospital. I don't have health insurance. I don't have a job and up until a few months ago I couldn't afford it and now I'm looking into it and I see how incredibly expensive it is. I'm 58. I have another 7 years before I can have Medicare. So basically it seems that I have to survive another 7 years before something comes along and tries to kill me and then I might survive because I'll have insurance at that point. I added the second car to my insurance yesterday and it was incredibly cheap. I laughed, it's good to be old. It's also good not to have new drivers on your insurance. Those kids cost me in so many ways.
Post #441,395 by CRConrad 4/22/22 6:22:40 AM 4/22/22 6:22:40 AM Reply	I'm the same age, but I've been "on MediCare" all my life. Hooray for the Nanny State!

Matters of the Heart . . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (37) - Feb. 18, 2022, 08:03:36 PM EST

Incredibly glad you're here to make the report! - (malraux) - (2) - Feb. 18, 2022, 09:43:11 PM EST

Suggested follow-up. - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Feb. 18, 2022, 10:36:33 PM EST

Sounds like you're in good hands - (malraux) - Feb. 19, 2022, 01:06:47 PM EST

Oh, oh! It's sad that you had this happen to you. - (a6l6e6x) - (2) - Feb. 18, 2022, 09:58:31 PM EST

Any idea of what you could have done to not have this happen to you? - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - Feb. 18, 2022, 10:46:10 PM EST

"My diet is so much better than that of most Americans, yet I'm having similar issues." - (CRConrad) - Feb. 21, 2022, 08:39:02 AM EST

Zooks! - (Another Scott) - Feb. 18, 2022, 10:38:39 PM EST

main inbound blocked that hard? Very glad you are still around to post - (boxley) - Feb. 18, 2022, 11:08:55 PM EST

Yeah I thought it'd been too long between posts - (crazy) - Feb. 19, 2022, 03:39:55 AM EST

Oof. Sounds rough. Hope you make a speedy recovery! -NT - (pwhysall) - Feb. 19, 2022, 09:43:24 AM EST

It’s hell being out of warranty - (rcareaga) - (2) - Feb. 19, 2022, 11:41:01 AM EST

"Chest pains" is a speedy trip to the head of the line at the ER - (malraux) - Feb. 19, 2022, 01:11:05 PM EST

No signs or portents. - (Andrew Grygus) - Feb. 19, 2022, 01:53:13 PM EST

Glad you're still around. Someone needs to tend the Clove Garden... -NT - (scoenye) - Feb. 19, 2022, 01:00:16 PM EST

So now you're in debt at least until you're... Oh, about three hundred years old? -NT - (CRConrad) - (9) - Feb. 21, 2022, 08:39:56 AM EST

medical debt - (rcareaga) - Feb. 21, 2022, 04:29:03 PM EST

Got the first bill yesterday. - (Andrew Grygus) - (7) - March 18, 2022, 12:49:40 AM EDT

So are you going for 24 or 36 payments? -NT - (pwhysall) - March 18, 2022, 08:51:58 AM EDT

Inflation is getting out of hand. -NT - (malraux) - March 18, 2022, 09:57:55 AM EDT

Glad to hear it! (Though surprised as fuck.) - (CRConrad) - (4) - March 20, 2022, 06:49:10 PM EDT

Oh, there will be more bills, but . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - March 20, 2022, 09:57:10 PM EDT

The big hospital bill finally got here. - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - April 16, 2022, 10:13:57 PM EDT

Wow. It's good to be old. - (crazy) - (1) - April 17, 2022, 07:49:42 AM EDT

I'm the same age, but I've been "on MediCare" all my life. Hooray for the Nanny State! -NT - (CRConrad) - April 22, 2022, 06:22:40 AM EDT

Nearly a month on - (malraux) - (11) - March 16, 2022, 09:02:07 PM EDT

Re: Nearly a month on - (Andrew Grygus) - (10) - March 17, 2022, 02:56:35 AM EDT

Great, glad to hear it. - (malraux) - March 17, 2022, 09:10:22 AM EDT

Excellent. Keep on keeping on. -NT - (Another Scott) - March 17, 2022, 07:28:32 PM EDT

Good to hear you're making a great recovery! -NT - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - March 17, 2022, 10:27:17 PM EDT

Thanks, guys, for the words of encouragement. -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - (3) - March 18, 2022, 12:47:01 AM EDT

So did the doctors argue with your near perfect diet? - (crazy) - (2) - March 19, 2022, 08:13:31 PM EDT

I asked a number of times . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - March 20, 2022, 01:51:14 AM EDT

Bodies are complicated. - (Another Scott) - March 20, 2022, 12:51:13 PM EDT

Re: Nearly a month on - (jake123) - (2) - March 18, 2022, 10:57:11 AM EDT

That one isn't on my list. -NT - (Andrew Grygus) - (1) - March 18, 2022, 11:34:01 AM EDT

Re: That one isn't on my list. - (jake123) - March 18, 2022, 04:43:15 PM EDT

Re: Matters of the Heart . . . . - (jake123) - March 18, 2022, 04:43:46 PM EDT

That thing has got to be the most relentlessly LRPDistic movie ever made.
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