(November 12, 2014 at 3:17 pm)Minimalist Wrote: so fucking wonderful.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/11/wisc-...-hospital/
Quote:Wisc. woman dies, comes back to life, but faces bankruptcy after insurance won’t pay ‘wrong’ hospital
What a system. And the republicunts love it!
But the affordable care act didn't have provisions written in it to cover the expenses. The Democrats are the ones that wrote the law. Am I missing something?
Quote:The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act added regulations that required insurance companies to provide better coverage for out-of-network emergency room visits. For example, many insurance companies forced patients to get prior approval before being treated at out-of-network emergency rooms before the law was passed. Higher co-pays for out-of-networks were also outlawed.
But the law did not require insurance companies to cover all of the additional expenses for emergency room visits at out-of-network hospitals, which can be significant because insurers negotiate with in-network providers for substantially lower rates.
