Last One To Post Wins [99]

Wynona said:

Good morning all.

I hope they find out what's wrong with your Wife, Borg.

Simrick, maybe you should have an Insider Preview Party for your grapes. I hear Insiders are pretty good at ferreting out bugs.

Build 16291 installed nicely.

And now I'm off for a few hours.

Thanks Wynona & have a good day.

kado897 said:

Yikes Morning Borg.

Afternoon kado. Yeah, a slew of tests but at least something is getting done.

Thanks Borg
Thats a lot to have to pay before the insurance starts

Is there any provision for people that dont have the money or insurance?

simrick said:

Morning/afternoon all.
I see you have a new build to play with.

Morning simrick. Not much to play with... it's almost final now

And the pre-auth thing, some types of plans (there are PPO's MMO's EPO's, etc....) require you to get authorization for anything like a CT or an MRI or similar procedures. If you just go get it done without one if your plan so specifies, then you're on the hook for the full amount.

Pre-auth is done by a company that employs a bunch of docs that go over your medical history, symptoms at present, the doctors notes on you & decide if this procedure is worth the insurance paying for it. If they deny it, you can appeal, but that's a long process.

I'm guessing over in the UK you have none of this nonsense?

Borg 386 said:

Well, you go to the doc or the hospital, show your insurance card, you usually have a deductible for whatever doctor you visit, specialist for us is $30, General doc $20. Then they turn in the bill, the insurance has a set amount of money via contract they pay to the provider which they have to accept, & then you pay whatever percentage you're responsible for.

For instance, the hospital might ask $500 for a service, the insurance pays a negotiated amount about 40% + lower then the $500. Then they determine though a formula how much you're responsible for, the leftover amount you usually have to pay 20% of that.

Morning Borg. And they call it insurance??

AndreTen said:

Morning simrick. Not much to play with... it's almost final now

I had fun playing with it although the problem turned out to be VirtualBox rather than W10. I couldn't run anything that required elevated privileges.

Wynona said:

Good morning all.

I hope they find out what's wrong with your Wife, Borg.

Simrick, maybe you should have an Insider Preview Party for your grapes. I hear Insiders are pretty good at ferreting out bugs.

Build 16291 installed nicely.

And now I'm off for a few hours.

Good morning Wynona.

kado897 said:

I had fun playing with it although the problem turned out to be VirtualBox rather than W10. I couldn't run anything that required elevated privileges.

Nothing to complain about here.. You got all the fun

paulsalter said:

Thanks Borg
Thats a lot to have to pay before the insurance starts

Is there any provision for people that dont have the money or insurance?

I'm not sure on the semantics of how it works, but, if you fall below a certain income level the govt will reimburse you to a point & help you pay your monthly insurance.

A lot of the insurance providers have pulled out of the market because they are loosing money on this deal. So in whatever area you live, you have to choose an insurance that services that area. If they leave, you either have to go with the last remaining one (if there is one) & pay high premiums or go without.

The hospitals can't refuse you by law for lack of insurance, but the doctors can unless you have a guarantor paper which shows you have a good size bank acct to cover any debts from the doctors office.