M/Cs and PLs should not have to pay medical bills

melly918

Ok, it's been like over a month since my D&C and I got a bill yesterday from the ultrasound place that I had to go to the morning of the D&C. I put it aside and forgot about it until I sat down just now to do my bills and it hit me.

Seriously. I almost want to write on the return bill "Thanks for reminding me of the worst day of my life and thanks for making me pay for it."

There should be a law passed that NO WOMAN SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS KIND OF THING!!!!

 

amandachs

I wholeheartedly agree.  When I was pregnant, the OB's office gave me the breakdown for my insurance coverage after we had heard the HB.  The D&C I had to have cost me exactly $100 less than an in-hospital vaginal delivery would have.  I wanted to write the insurance company a nasty letter and let them know that for the additional $100 I would have gladly preferred to have a baby to take home.  Bills like that should be written off in my opinion.  Sorry you're having to deal with it.  (((Hugs)))

amandacol28

I completely agree!! The same thing happened to me. I had an ultrasound in the morning, got the results, and had a D&E the same day. A month later, I got the bill. It knocked the wind right out of me. Why shld I have to pay for this when I never got my take-home baby?! It just doesn't seem fair.

ElizaSquan

As annoying as it may be to get bills for something unpleasant, so are other medical procedures like open heart surgery, biopsies that reveal cancer and colonoscopies.  Almost all medical interventions are unpleasant in some form or another, and it doesn't mean that the people and facilities who took care of us during that time are any less deserving of getting compensated for their time and equipment.  

melly918

Oh, I don't disagree with you but insurance should cover all of it. No co-pays. Just sayin'.

ElizaSquan

melly918:

Oh, I don't disagree with you but insurance should cover all of it. No co-pays. Just sayin'.

 

Wouldn't that be fab?  We have an 80/20 plan so I'm dreading the upcoming bills.  

pb&fluff

I definitely agree.  We just got our $800 bill for our amnio we had the day we found out about Addison's heart defect.

orangegoggles

I know how you feel. It's like a kick in the gut.

linfor2

I agree! SO upsetting to spend this much for a loss!

mandac033

I completely agree! It's so wrong to constantly remind a woman that her baby is gone, but you still need to pay the bill!

peloquinJ

Ugh..so sorry. getting bills from the m/c suck!

BenzGrl

I just said the same thing to DH. Something was submitted wrong with our insurance so we got a statement saything they weren't paying for ANYTHING! All that's taken care of now, but becuase we didn't meet our deductable for the year yet, we are going to have to pay quite a bit out of pocket. For what? A surgery that I did NOT want and an experience that I'd like to just forget.

kokokat

I just got my bill the other day.  Thankfully, it was miniscule because we have good insurance.  My wonderful doctor billed it as "miscarriage support and assistance" when in reality it was a D+E.  However, his description was much truer.  He totally undercharged too, considering I had anesthesia and OR time.  I don't have a bill from the hospital yet, but I just thought, "I love my doctor!"

ETA: I totally get what you're saying about not needing a reminder of that horrible day in our lives, but in my case, I feel like my doctor earned every penny that day.  I don't know what I would have done without him.