A closer look at medical bills (doctor, symptoms, treatment, virus)

[Cida]

A New York Times writer, Sarah Kliff, is starting an interesting project compiling information and personal stories about medical bills. I imagine some people here might have had experiences worth sharing and might want to chime in.


A Hospital Forgot to Bill Her Coronavirus Test. It Cost Her $1,980.
Send us your medical bills. We’ll use them to investigate hospital and doctor billing practices.
Across the country, Americans like Ms. Krebs are receiving surprise bills for care connected with coronavirus. Tests can cost between $199 and $6,408 at the same location. A coming wave of treatment bills could be hundreds of multiples higher, especially for those who receive intensive care or have symptoms that linger for months. Services that patients expect to be covered often aren’t.
This patchwork of medical billing is one reason we’re starting something new today: soliciting your medical bills. We’re asking you to send us copies of your bills for coronavirus testing and treatment, so we can understand what costs look like across the country. We want to know how patients are managing their medical bills in the midst of a pandemic. This is part of our larger effort to understand how the pandemic is reshaping American health care.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/u...ical-bill.html

Why I’m Obsessed With Patients’ Medical Bills
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/07/i...cal-bills.html

[Luckyd609]

Chances are good that if you go to the hospital for COVID and live you will get a bill close to or over a million dollars depending how long you stayed.
We need single payer now more than ever.

[Cida]

That's terrifying, isn't it?

Although, if you look at the article, part of the problem is just in the charges, not in the medical work.

[LKJ1988]

When ya get the bill jill you really will wanna die. I would not pay it.