Why does it always seem that the minuite you think you'r doinkg ok..

[chloe0724]

you get another bill that you weren't expecting. I had surgery last Sept and had to pay 500 out of pocket for my portion. I had complications from the surgery and had to be readmiitted to the hospital just one day after I was discharged. I just got a bill from the hospital yesterday saying the I owe them another 500 because of the readmitiance. What a jip!!

[cityish]

I hear you...

I'm in the same boat. Since early January I've spent $1200 on medical and dental issues and right now I still owe my dentist another $1,000. I'm praying nothing else happens until I can get that paid off.

Here in Fla. it costs about $3,500 to file Chapter 13... at the rate I'm going I will be lucky to have that amount saved by Christmas!

[OhioFiler]

you get another bill that you weren't expecting. I had surgery last Sept and had to pay 500 out of pocket for my portion. I had complications from the surgery and had to be readmiitted to the hospital just one day after I was discharged. I just got a bill from the hospital yesterday saying the I owe them another 500 because of the readmitiance. What a jip!!

Don't pay it.

[pa308]

you get another bill that you weren't expecting. I had surgery last Sept and had to pay 500 out of pocket for my portion. I had complications from the surgery and had to be readmiitted to the hospital just one day after I was discharged. I just got a bill from the hospital yesterday saying the I owe them another 500 because of the readmitiance. What a jip!!

Talk to your insurance company. If you were discharged and then readmitted one day after for the same problem I would think there shouldnt be another copay/deductible.

[Flamingo]

you get another bill that you weren't expecting. I had surgery last Sept and had to pay 500 out of pocket for my portion. I had complications from the surgery and had to be readmiitted to the hospital just one day after I was discharged. I just got a bill from the hospital yesterday saying the I owe them another 500 because of the readmitiance. What a jip!!

Your insurance company may deny it and you will not be responsible since it was from complications. Call your insurance company for their input.

[chloe0724]

Thanks Flamingo. I was planning on calling them to talk about it, but I always seem to get notifications like these on the weekends. Always make you have the whole weekend to think about it.

[relief13035]

I'd call the insurance and put up a fight on this issue. Seems that the 2 admissions should be related and could be waived.

[CatsInTrouble]

I will answer your philosophical question:

Cause life sucks, then you die. Lol.

PS- I don't mean to be the PC police, I'm saying this more cause I love language and linguistics... The word jip (actually GYP) came about as a derogatory term toward gypsys. Sort of like saying "n-gg-r" back in the 1800s! There ya go, I taught you something "new."

[chloe0724]

So the hospital told me that is was the second deductible for the readdmission a day later to the hospital. They told me to call the insurance. Insurance said sorrry, that's the way it works.

So I called the hopsital back ( by this time I am very upset) and ask them how long I have to pay it back. They say 12 months is the max. I say fine $50 a month for 12 months.

This is nuts. So it;s a total of $1100 out of pocket this year for a surgery I had last year!!!!!!!!!!