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In reply to the discussion: My experience with Universal health Care [View all]Diclotican
(5,095 posts)Ron Obvious
It arrived 6 mouts later too - even if the Hospital did have your insurance info on file - but was not able to figure out a way to bill the insurance company... Well even if it was a steep bill - it still is better with 8000 Euro than 350.000 for the same medical attention...
Your insurance company must be a weird one - if they was balking about a bill of 8000 euro - instead of 350.000 dollar - for them it would have been just small change to pay it - and they sure would have been able to get it back somehow.... Germany do have some strict privacy laws - and they are rather strict in making the law stick... The consequences could send some in prison if they are not following the letter of the law sometimes.....
The doctors are there to help you get well - others do the billings I think, and it should be that to. And it was great that your doctors was making the medical decisions for medical reasons - not for the reason of financial ones.. It is best for the patients I suspect, that the doctors give you the best advices they can give you, instead worrying about if you could pay for it or not....
From what I have read here on DU, I would say the Insurance companies in the US are the real Death Panels, as they will pick and choose who is to live - and who is to die by deny them medical attention - by refuse to pay for the needed medicine - or to deny coverage all togheter....
Diclotican