Re: Neurotransmitter replacement cost

[haphill@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

maybe it's a test to see if your neurotransmitters are working :)

Quoting rayilynlee <rayilynlee@xxxxxxx>:

> Ned,
> yes I noticed Medicare had another $58,000 total.  what a racket!
> Ray
> Rayilyn Brown
> Board Member AZNPF
> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation
> rbrown@xxxxxxxxx
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> From: "nedgardner@xxxxxxxx" <nedgardner@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <PARKINSN@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 5:51 PM
> Subject: Re: Neurotransmitter replacement cost
>
>
> > rayilynlee wrote:
> >> Yesterday I got the bill for the overnight hospital stay I had last July
> >> 3 to get new neurotransmitters.    It was around  $70,000!!!! -
> >> approaching cost of the original DBS brain surgeries.  There was almost a
> >> $300 charge for "pharmacy" and I had NO medication except my blood
> >> pressure pill I snuck in!!!  Shocking!!  The "bill" said I didn't have to
> >> pay as Medicare would.  The school district I taught for also provides me
> >> with a secondary insurance.  What a mess this country is in!!
> >>
> >> Ray
> >>
> >> Rayilyn Brown
> >> Board Member AZNPF
> >> Arizona Chapter National Parkinson's Foundation
> >>
> >> Ray:
> >>
> >    You can understand why it took from July 3rd until now to get the
> > "bill" straight, those are big numbers.
> >     Do you think they will give you 5 months to ponder the statement ?
> >
> >    My attorney friend tells me that typically the hospital settles  for
> > about 1/3 of the asking price with
> >
> >  Medicare.  The reason they inflate the bill is to keep pressure on the
> >     secondary insurance company.
> >
> >   What a mess indeed.
> >
> >     Ned
> >
> >>
> >>
> >
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