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This has been going on since before July of this year. This is a tug of war and it's all about money, and your health. Think about that. Nortons isn't saying you can't come there but they won't honor Anthem insurance. If you've ever read an Explaination Of Benefits form it's the total amount charged including the mystery money that the hospital agrees to write off if you have the right kind of insurance. If you have Anthem insurance your charged the full amount if your in a Norton hospital. |
Norton, Louisville’s largest health-care provider, left Anthem’s network July 1 after a contract dispute. That left more than 200,000 Louisville-area residents without full insurance benefits for Norton hospitals, physician offices and other facilities.
Norton says Anthem doesn’t pay it as much as other insurers do, while Anthem says it already pays Norton more than it pays other Louisville hospitals.
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear and Metro Mayor Jerry Abramson have talked to the companies.
“We’re disappointed that they aren’t acting like the responsible institutions they’re supposed to be for that community,” said Jay Blanton, Beshear’s press secretary. “They need to resolve whatever differences they have and act in the best interests of the community they purport to serve.” http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090923/BUSINESS/909230427/Anthem-Norton+meeting+stretches+into+early+evening For those of you who may not know what an EOB is. It's that bill that you get that says it's not a bill but don't believe it, it's a bill. It's what the health care provider is charging for the proceedure you had. There's a charge that the insurance company pays and one that you pay and then there's the mystery money thats only charged to people without insurance or the wrong insurance. You can best believe that, unless you have the Cadillac of insurance, the amopunt you pay will be more than your insurance company and the mystery money will be outragious. It's a game they play to balance the books. Now imagine a system where there was one price charged, drop the middle man and you pay for it the same way you payed for it in the old system, payroll deduced and probably the same amount of money or less. I mean lets get real folks, we could do without insurance companys in our health care. <!--QuoteEnd--> |
