Current Pet Peeve: Medical billing in the U.S.
Subset of the greater gripe of dysfunction of the whole healthcare system.
Getting peppered by small bills from MONTHS ago. Some are related to miscalculations of insurance benefits. Some are just the nonsense of billing all the different involved entities separately. Radiology, anesthesia, ordering doctor, facility, all separate bills delivered MONTHS apart. Why can't all bills be routed from one entity?
@S_r_stone it's a constant thing. I'm on Medicare and I still get bills for hundreds of dollars when all I did was have my annual physical or go in for a bad wrist and get a courtesan shot.
@FireMonkey It isn't even the amount for me as I have good insurance (for now.)
But how do I verify all these bills long after insurance paid? How can I know they are valid?
Better, why can't they get the amount right when the insurance isn't complex? It's a set percentage. Why are you off by some amount to what I paid you already?
Single payer is the way to go.
Imagine going out to eat, you get a bill from the restaurant for the food and facility, another, LATER, from the chef, another from the server, another for the drinks, you learn how a restaurant works indirectly from all the separate bills. And no one informs you in advance of all the separate involved parties.
Sound nuts?
We need legislation to require billing for one event from one entity. All involved parties can bill through them. And , no bills coming in months apart for the same event.