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Updated: 3:05 PM Oct 27, 2008
Family Sued For Cost Of Air Ambulance Trip
A central Kentucky couple says they are being sued after flying to the Cincinnati Children's Hospital in an attempt to save their son. Posted: 4:42 PM Oct 16, 2008Reporter: Janet Kim Email Address: janet.kim@wkyt.com |
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David and Laura Strickland say they are being sued after flying to the Cincinnati Children's Hospital in an attempt to save their son.
Their son, Aiden, would have been just over 13-weeks-old. He only lived 26 hours before he died. He had a rare heart condition.
When Laura went into labor three weeks early, she says doctors told her the only option was to get to the Cincinnati Hospital fast, so doctors could immediately treat Aiden when he was born.
The attempt didn't save their son, and the Stricklands say they still continued to get heartbreaking news.
The Stricklands say LifeNet told them to pay nearly $17,000 for that helicopter ride. They say their insurance policy would only pay $300 for transportation.
The attorney for the collections agency and the Strickland's health care provider, Anthem Insurance, could not comment at this time.
The Stricklands have since been contacted by LifeNet, the helicopter provider, to discuss the matter.
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Always remember to ask for the "non-insurance cash price". All Doctors, labs, etc jack up their rates for insurance companies, knowing they will only be reimbursed a fraction. If the life flight charges anything like doctors and labs, they jacked up their charges by 50-80%, hoping the insurance company would pay much more than the $300 they did. So the family should ask what the "non-insurance" price is. It could reduce the charge by half or more. Most people don't know to do this. This is why I have a regular Major Med policy but dont use the benefits at the doctor or for labs or drugs. I can get those services much cheaper than I can by running it thru insurance, and paying a huge deductible. Instead those charges are less than HALF what they would charge people with insurance I will only use the major med policy for a catastrophic hospital stay. Then just pay my deductible at that time....
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I am selfemployed and pay almost $1000/month for coverage for my wife and I with $1,000 deductibles. When we in America want or need healthcare we want a Rolls Royce. When it comes time to pay, we want a Kia. Americans have to decide, is health care a right or a proviledge? who pays? The governement, our employers, or us? Where does the money come from?
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Secondly, if you work for a very large company, you have just met your insurance enemy and it is them.Most people don't realize that very large employers are self-insured meaning the pay the bills for health care not the insurance company.They will contract with an Anthem or others to provide services such as claims processing, etc., and it looks as if you have Anthem, but it is really your employer's money.As far as socialized medicine is concerned, be careful what you wish for.Ask any person in England over age 65 with kidney problems about getting on a transplant list.Not going to happen.This socialized medicine society has deemed it not in the greater goods interest to pay for this due to age.They can just continue on dialysis.Talk to a Canadian about diagnostic services.Why do so many cross the border to be seen by a physician in the US for diagnostic testing?Because they may have to wait for months to get in to the governemnt sponsored or run clinics. continued
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