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BAD surprise the day before surgery!!!

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Tamz    8

Tamz
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WOW.. so Aetna decided to call me JUST NOW and tell me 400.00 is due tomorrow at the time i check in for surgery. WTF.. WHY less than 24 hrs i am notified of that. and then they said they will be billing me the rest later.. I have already paid 900 to my dr :( :(

I feel like this is not right.. the day before!!!!??? what if i didnt have the money.. geez. I didntrealize i would have to pay this much. I hate Aetna.

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Disney    20

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WOW, that sucks! And I agree, what if you would not have had the money? Heck, if I wouldn't have had it, I would have written a check that would have bounced all the way to the bank. What are they gonna do? Put your tummy back in? You can worry about that later. Please try not to stress over it. I know it's easier said than done, but really, there is nothing you can do. It just stinks that insurance companies can get away with this madness.

Try to focus on your brand new life you are going to be enjoying. Believe me when I say, it will be worth every penny and I'm not even half way to goal yet! Don't let this bad news ruin your big day for you.

And it's true, just think about all us poor sleevers who had to pay for the whole thing because our insurance wouldn't pay a red cent.

But I do understand that the problem is that they pulled this on you at the last minute. It is just wrong, yet typical. Sorry about that!sad.gif

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Caliblonde    25

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I completely understand! The same thing happened to me. I knew that I was going to have to pay the remainder of my deductible ($1200) and thought that was going towards the hospital copay...I was WRONG!!!!! I had to pay the $1200 plus $1500 for my hospital copay. I was very upset that this was not communicated to me well in advance of the surgery.

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former_vbg    198

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WOW, that sucks! And I agree, what if you would not have had the money? Heck, if I wouldn't have had it, I would have written a check that would have bounced all the way to the bank. What are they gonna do? Put your tummy back in? You can worry about that later. Please try not to stress over it. I know it's easier said than done, but really, there is nothing you can do. It just stinks that insurance companies can get away with this madness.

Try to focus on your brand new life you are going to be enjoying. Believe me when I say, it will be worth every penny and I'm not even half way to goal yet! Don't let this bad news ruin your big day for you.

And it's true, just think about all us poor sleevers who had to pay for the whole thing because our insurance wouldn't pay a red cent.

But I do understand that the problem is that they pulled this on you at the last minute. It is just wrong, yet typical. Sorry about that!sad.gif

HEHHEHEHE..... ROFL I LOVE IT.... "what are they gonna do, put your tummy back in?!?!?!" That's great!!!

And, yeah write that bad boy check and then when they figure out it bounced, go on a payment plan of $20 /month... Hospitals can't turn you over to collections if you are paying SOMETHING a month even if its not what they want you to pay.

Good luck with your surgery!!

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BajaMedGroup    6

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"What are they gonna do...put your tummy back in?" That definitely gave me a good laugh! I agree that this was definitely a questionable thing for them to do. Oh well...look at the bright side: At this time tomorrow you will be on the road to the 'new you'!

I hope all goes well!

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
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