What I worry about is people who don't have health insurance at all.

Rayilyn Brown
Board Member AZNPF
Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation
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Sent: Saturday, December 29, 2007 6:12 AM
Subject: Re: Neurotransmitter replacement cost


> [log in to unmask] wrote:
>> maybe it's a test to see if your neurotransmitters are working :)
>>
>> Quoting rayilynlee <[log in to unmask]>:
>>
>>
>
>> Pass or fail the test the hospital and doctor fees remain the same.
>    functionality has no effect  on remuneration.  As Ray  says  "what a
> racket", but it's all we've
>    got.  So we play the game with the racket we are given.
>
>
> ned
>
>>> Ned,
>>> yes I noticed Medicare had another $58,000 total.  what a racket!
>>> Ray
>>> Rayilyn Brown
>>> Board Member AZNPF
>>> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation
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>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 5:51 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Neurotransmitter replacement cost
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> rayilynlee wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yesterday I got the bill for the overnight hospital stay I had last
>>>>> July
>>>>> 3 to get new neurotransmitters.    It was around  $70,000!!!! -
>>>>> approaching cost of the original DBS brain surgeries.  There was
>>>>> almost a
>>>>> $300 charge for "pharmacy" and I had NO medication except my blood
>>>>> pressure pill I snuck in!!!  Shocking!!  The "bill" said I didn't have
>>>>> to
>>>>> pay as Medicare would.  The school district I taught for also provides
>>>>> me
>>>>> with a secondary insurance.  What a mess this country is in!!
>>>>>
>>>>> Ray
>>>>>
>>>>> Rayilyn Brown
>>>>> Board Member AZNPF
>>>>> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation
>>>>>
>>>>> Ray:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>    You can understand why it took from July 3rd until now to get the
>>>> "bill" straight, those are big numbers.
>>>>     Do you think they will give you 5 months to ponder the statement ?
>>>>
>>>>    My attorney friend tells me that typically the hospital settles  for
>>>> about 1/3 of the asking price with
>>>>
>>>>  Medicare.  The reason they inflate the bill is to keep pressure on the
>>>>     secondary insurance company.
>>>>
>>>>   What a mess indeed.
>>>>
>>>>     Ned
>>>>
>>>>
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