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"Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay": Blue Cross Approved Surgeries Then Refused to Pay

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167 points ceejayoz | 2 comments | 12 Apr 25 14:25 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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m_ke ◴[12 Apr 25 15:29 UTC] No.43665225[source]▶
Wow great timing, I just got a $22,000 bill 2 hours ago for a surgery that UHC approved 2 months ago (in a written letter from them) because they refused to pay.
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insurancesucks ◴[12 Apr 25 16:08 UTC] No.43665598[source]▶
I'm on the hook for $128k for a no complications birth and 5 days my newborn had to be on a CPAP machine after blue cross denied the claim. I picked the plan only after confirming all our providers were in network, but failed to check if the building where the delivery was occurring was in network.

The plan at this point is to just ignore it and hope it goes away, since they can't put it on your credit anymore.

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1. deepfriedchokes ◴[12 Apr 25 18:16 UTC] No.43666726[source]▶
If it doesn’t affect your credit, why would anyone pay? Sounds ripe for an act of mass civil disobedience.
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2. antisthenes ◴[12 Apr 25 19:56 UTC] No.43667464[source]▶
I personally believe it is our civic duty and non-payment is the most effective non-violent way to show our opposition to the system.