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If you have a supplemental, then likely you are on Medicare or Medicare Advantage.
vsrazdem
Jun 2021
#33
Guess we have to pay for that Ransome attack. Call an ambulance or go to a walk in first.
Deb
Jun 2021
#5
Are you referring to a Medicare Advantage Plan? If so, that is why people who sign up for an
JohnSJ
Jun 2021
#9
That is not entirely accurate. Except at the initial enrollment into Medicare, it is not
JohnSJ
Jun 2021
#67
You need to be careful because there are only certain times that can be done depending on the
JohnSJ
Jun 2021
#18
That's why I still have original Medicare, even though I have to pay for dental and vision.
Lonestarblue
Jun 2021
#31
If you suspect you're having a heart attack and wait to be sure, it could be curtains for you.
Vinca
Jun 2021
#8
Yes, even if it turned out to be indigestion, I just don't see them denying coverage to anyone
JohnSJ
Jun 2021
#39
Who the hell goes to a crowded ER and sits for hours next to other sick people
Ferrets are Cool
Jun 2021
#11
Those that don't have a primary care physician. The OP says 1 out of 10, it applies to the
JohnSJ
Jun 2021
#13
Insurance companies, even Medicare, have tried to control emergency room care for decades.
Hoyt
Jun 2021
#29
Combined with the pain medication-in-a-lockbox policies this will be disastrous.
Ms. Toad
Jun 2021
#32
Unfortunately because of addicts it very hard to ever get pain meds here
Marrah_Goodman
Jun 2021
#58
Yes - in Jan. 2017 my cardiologist prescribed a CT scan to diagnose my heart problem
csziggy
Jun 2021
#49
On the bright side, unlike other countries, we don't have government bureacrats gettting between us
DavidDvorkin
Jun 2021
#45
"We estimate that nationally less than 10% of (Emergency Department) claims will be classified as...
ruet
Jun 2021
#48
this is reckless but typical of corporate mentality. penny wise and pound foolish.
FlyingPiggy
Jun 2021
#53
I wonder how that will work in practice. About 10 years ago I went to the ER
Sapient Donkey
Jun 2021
#59
If there were more urgent care clinics, many ER visits wouldn't be necessary.
MineralMan
Jun 2021
#61
There are problems to be fixed, but I'm with the nasty corporate death panel on this.
Hortensis
Jun 2021
#70