Ask a Patient Opinion Poll
Do you look for and report medical billing errors to your insurance company, even if it does not affect the amount you personally have to pay?
(Total Votes: 298)
| Yes, always (47.0%) | |
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| Sometimes (18.1%) | |
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| Only if it affects my payment (7.4%) | |
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| Never have seen an error (10.4%) | |
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| No (17.1%) | |
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Voter Comments (the following are opinions of readers and not AskaPatient.com)
• yes because it is fraud and my premiums go up...
• If we don't report abuse we all will pay the price of higher insurance costs.
• Yes I do
• Absolutely, though healthcare providers don't indicate the nature of the charges in the bills!
• when I have reported, they have done nothing.
• I hate health insurance companies
• All the time.
• I always have to balance with the medicare statement before paying the bill.
• double billing of hospitalists
• insurance company didn't care or followup- better to try calling the doctor
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