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- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 05:36:42 -0500
- From: "Bartley R. Troyan" <bt26+@andrew.cmu.edu>
- Subject: Re: Doctor ripoff, or just reality?
- In-Reply-To: <1992Nov10.214207.10802@bradley.bradley.edu>
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- > I went to a dermatologist the other day with a friend.
- > We needed a perscription for a `bleaching agent' to treat
- > some spots left over from a severe (98%) case of vitiligo
- > (a disease that stops pigmentation of the skin, otherwise
- > not particularly harmful).
- > By the time we were out of there, we were out $200.
- > We felt ripped off. I'd like to know if this is consistent
- > with normal dermatology treatment or not. Here is what
- > we got out of it:
- [...]
- > We expect that this stuff will be covered by the health
- > insurance company, but we are still a bit enraged at this pricing.
- >
- > So tell me, is this normal, or is the doctor screwing
- > us over?
-
- Of course it's normal--all doctors screw you over (well, most).
- The dermatologist I went to charged me I don't know how much ($100 or
- so) to remove a wart, but she didn't do it right and it came back
- anyway.
-
- The costs just keep going up and we keep paying them in the form of
- more costly insurance...and the insurance companies try to screw you
- too by refusing to pay stuff that they should (at least mine does)
-
- That's why we need some changes made, Mr. Clinton...
-
- --Bart
-