FOUR CORNERS PROGAM ABC 2 MONDAY NIGHT 8.30
Hi Everyone.I just saw the tail end of an ad for Monday night's Four Corners Program on the ABC , all about 'bill shock' in the medical system,should be interesting! @Janie304 it might help you with y...
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@poodlejules
Well done, You!! I don't think I was emotionally stable enough at the time of diagnosis to discuss options with NIB or different hospitals - my husband has dementia, so wasn't any real help either (he is actually still telling people I had shoulder surgery!! That was 4 years ago! :( ) My health fund actually CHARGED me $300 because I went to a Hospital that 'wasn't on their list' - and that was on TOP of their excess of $250 as well!! We've always paid top level for the 20 years we've been back in Aussie ..... so feel a bit pissed off, actually! Even my pathology wasn't totally covered! I had to pay $500 for that as well as it wasn't covered by Medicare or NIB. Not sure which bit wasn't covered - they were all vital to 'know' ..... There was also a gap with my Ultrasound or Biopsy of about $100 as well - and lots of other bits along the way - plus all the lotions & potions during & after radiation.....
My radiation & Onc are going thru the Public System, which is grateful appreciated!
Well done, You!! I don't think I was emotionally stable enough at the time of diagnosis to discuss options with NIB or different hospitals - my husband has dementia, so wasn't any real help either (he is actually still telling people I had shoulder surgery!! That was 4 years ago! :( ) My health fund actually CHARGED me $300 because I went to a Hospital that 'wasn't on their list' - and that was on TOP of their excess of $250 as well!! We've always paid top level for the 20 years we've been back in Aussie ..... so feel a bit pissed off, actually! Even my pathology wasn't totally covered! I had to pay $500 for that as well as it wasn't covered by Medicare or NIB. Not sure which bit wasn't covered - they were all vital to 'know' ..... There was also a gap with my Ultrasound or Biopsy of about $100 as well - and lots of other bits along the way - plus all the lotions & potions during & after radiation.....
My radiation & Onc are going thru the Public System, which is grateful appreciated!