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Originally Posted by Quixote
I've been told time and again by providers of various medical services (not just MDs, that is) that Medicare is one of the best, if not THE best, payer. Possibly private insurers are more focused on their bottom line than they are on the health needs of their insureds....
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Exactly. Following surgery and after Medicare and the secondary insurance had paid I still owed a balance to the surgeon. His office said that the secondary insurance co. didn't think that particular surgery was worth as much as Medicare allowed, so they only paid a partial amount of their 20% and I was responsible for the remainder. That's one reason we stick with original Medicare and not a Medicare Advantage program run by an insurance co.