Jay,
I'm a general dentist.
I didn't paint anything as negative, I reported the facts as I
experience them every day to whit:
Claim returned because ins co. said claimant wasn't covered because
THEY entered in wrong spelling of name (Correct on our forms)
Claim returned for additional info (Xrays wanted) and stapled to the
form were the radiographs we sent with it.
Claim returned because ins co. typed in wrong procedure code
(Correct on our form)
Ins co. is a business whose purpose is to make a profit for their
shareholders just like Exxon or CBS or Victoria's Secret. Period.
They increase this number by not paying claims. Please see above
examples. And those are just the ones that I know about that came in
TODAY!
And I personally experienced the "get a lawyer" part as I had a claim
on a business damaged by water which the ins co. agreed was covered
yet they would not agree to no fewer than 3 different repair
estimates because I wouldn't use their "guy" who came in at less than
20% of the other estimates. After the work was done they wouldn't
pay the lost wages part .. until I got a lawyer..
Lester
On May 4, 2006, at 9:20 AM, Jay Fishbein wrote:
> Lester,
> Two questions:
> 1) What is your profession? and,
> 2) Is it okay to take a broad brush to paint every aspect of IT as
> negative?
>
> We can all look around and find inequities and fault with most every
> aspect of our society. If you are going to be negative, be specific
> and
> accurate. Much of what you said is inaccurate.
>
> jay fishbein
> wallingford, ct
>
> http://home.ix.netcom.com/~type79/
>
> "Comedy may be big business but it isn't pretty." Steve Martin
>
>
>
> Lester Ewing wrote:
>
>> MOST IMPORTANTLY.. INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE NOT HERE TO HELP ANYONE.
>> THEY ARE HERE TO EARN A REUTRN FOR THIER SHAREHOLDERS. They do this
>> by making it difficult to process claims, and using any excuse to not
>> pay what they should. If lots of money is involved, expect the need
>> for an attorney to get the insurance company to pay the money that
>> they agreed to pay by contract.
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