Anna Wilde Mathews
speaker
275 appearances
5 recordings
1 series
first heard Aug 2017
last heard Sep 2023
Anna Wilde Mathews’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And this can work, although it's not clear how often it does.
But there may be some relief if you ask the right questions.
Mistakes do happen.
Hospitals will sometimes bill for something that didn't happen.
If you're confused about the itemized bill, you should call and ask about that.
Should I assume I actually owe that amount?
No, you definitely should pause.
If you have insurance, you should wait to get documents from your insurer.
Those are called explanations of benefits that say how much they're going to pay because you shouldn't pay until you're sure that the insurer has done everything necessary
that it is going to do on that bill.
And if you think there should be more, you can call the insurer, make sure you understand what's going on, and you can appeal if they're not covering something that you think they should cover.
Another thing you should do is get, if you're confused about a bill, you should ask for an itemized copy to look for mistakes.
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Mistakes do happen.
Hospitals will sometimes bill for something that didn't happen.
If you're confused about the itemized bill, you should call and ask about that.
Is bargaining allowed?
Definitely bargaining is allowed.
Once you're sure that you've gotten as much as you're going to get from the insurer and you've worked that out with them and the insurer and maybe in the hospital worked it out between them, then you can swing into bargaining mode.
You can call the hospital and maybe if it's more than you can afford, if it's more than you can manage, explain that.
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