In an article in the April 2006 issue of "The Self-Insurer", Carlton Harker, FSA, MAAA, argues that something must be done to alleviate the unfairness associated with billing non-indigent uninsured patients at higher rates than either (1) indigent unisured patients or (2) in-network patients. Moreover, the indigent unisured patients actual pay their own bills (or possibly go bankrupt), whereas the other types of patients do not pay the bills themselves.
Does anyone know how the new PPACA law affects this situation?
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Hospital billing is really unfair when it comes to uninsured patients. What more, most of the time, they send bills with errors resulting into high billing amounts.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment Adelaine! I believe things are going to change for the better in the next few years.
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