Trauma Activation and Other New Fees
 

I will not try to describe it. Here is a NY Times article is about Trama Activation Fees and other fees that are being conjured up by medical providers to charge the patient.


New York Times: As Insurers Try to Limit Costs, Providers Hit Patients With More Separate Fees


Here is a blog about it.

Why is the "Trauma Activation Fee" so Outrageous? : MBAA


This has been going on for years and is increasing in popularity!

Some of the practices sound questionable to me!