[Magdalen] An interesting medical bill breakdown.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

still marveling that I'm (almost) counting the days until I turn 65.... and 
woe to any pol who drastically changes Medicare before then...
L

ps. about 577 days : (

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When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "M J _Mike_ Logsdon" <mjl at ix.netcom.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2016 11:42 AM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] An interesting medical bill breakdown.

>>>>Wow. My beloved gets an infusion every two weeks that would cost (if out 
>>>>of
> pocket) $20,000. Really? What rate does the insurance company negotiate?
> (TBTG) for insurance.<<<
>
> My Blue Cross contract is an 80/20 one, with certain individual items with 
> their own negotiated rates, etc.  I don't pretend to understand it at all, 
> I just know my union (SEIU) makes sure I have good insurance.  (At 50 
> years of age, I'm now fairly certain I'll never be debt-free ever again, 
> but that's okay, thanks to zero-percent credit cards --  
> "self-consolidation", I call it).  Out of ~$15k, I paid only $1000, 
> roughly 6.5%  I only just now calculated that.  Such... a... deal.