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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

fadedrose

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3. My medicare and supplemental pay a lot

Reply to NightWatcher (Original post)

Sun May 4, 2014, 11:36 PM

May 2014

but the charges are so damned high that it still leaves huge sums for me to pay.

Ecare (GE) helps; it gives you 6 months to pay a bill of $700 or less without interest, and a year if it's over that. What sucks is that if you're paying that bill and you make new bills . . . then they charge you interest. I just used it for my dentist bill..

My doctor sent a bill for several hundred owed after insurances paid their share, and it had a large banner on the bill that said I have a year to pay the balance with no interest....

Some doctors don't offer this courtesy

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Is one of the symptoms of chronic disease being poor? [View all] NightWatcher Mar 2014 OP

It's worse than that - once you're on a poverty level Social Security income, hedgehog Mar 2014 #1

that's what was suggested to me by my rheumy yesterday because I'm not feeling horrible NightWatcher Mar 2014 #2

Doctor also ignored reality of people not hiring disabled. WCLinolVir May 2014 #5

My medicare and supplemental pay a lot fadedrose May 2014 #3

As another has pointed out, can't work even if you do feel well. WCLinolVir May 2014 #4

Being poor pertilotte Oct 2014 #6