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Thanks for the bill, Medicare.

fmw said:
I understand and I have insurance to cover that 20%. My problem is the part of the bill that nobody will pay labelled as being there because of federal sequestration. It isn't a big deal. It is the idea of billing the public for sequestration that bothers me.
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So then your problem is with the politicians that have been elected to Congress. Will you be voting against your incumbents in the primaries/general elections?
 
reinoe said:
So then your problem is with the politicians that have been elected to Congress. Will you be voting against your incumbents in the primaries/general elections?
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I won't be voting at all. But back when I did vote I always voted against incumbents. I wish everybody would.
 
fmw said:
I won't be voting at all. But back when I did vote I always voted against incumbents. I wish everybody would.
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If its Hillary and Trump I aint voting either, I will just stay home and drink bourbon.
 
fmw said:
My oncologist ordered an MRI which was completed earlier this month. The bill arrived and Medicare paid part of the bill leaving the rest to me. The reason? CO253 - sequestration, reduced government spending. The government can borrow millions per minute to fund what it likes to fund but won't pay a bill they agreed to pay by law? Instead a citizen as to pay part of the bill? I can't help but think they are simply putting teeth into their complaints about sequestration in the hopes that budgets will rise. What a mess.
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I recently has a MRI and the cost to me was $2.87..............but then I live in another country called Florida where the rules aren't the same as in the USA
 
imyoda said:
I recently has a MRI and the cost to me was $2.87..............but then I live in another country called Florida where the rules aren't the same as in the USA
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The $2.87 is what I have been talking about. Check your bill. It should be labeled as sequestration. The government billed you a little, not because it mattered to the federal budget but because they are trying to make a statement about sequestration.
 
fmw said:
My oncologist ordered an MRI which was completed earlier this month. The bill arrived and Medicare paid part of the bill leaving the rest to me. The reason? CO253 - sequestration, reduced government spending. The government can borrow millions per minute to fund what it likes to fund but won't pay a bill they agreed to pay by law? Instead a citizen as to pay part of the bill? I can't help but think they are simply putting teeth into their complaints about sequestration in the hopes that budgets will rise. What a mess.
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Welcome to the wonders of the so-called "affordable care act." LOL Or, in other words - bend over.

President Obama issued a sequestration order on March 1, 2013, canceling budgetary resources across the Federal Government. As a result, Medicare Fee-For-Service claims, with dates of service or dates of discharge on or after April 1, 2013, incur a two percent reduction in Medicare payment. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid services (CMS) previously assigned CARC 223 (Adjustment code for mandated Federal, State or Local law/regulation that is not already covered
by another code and is mandated before a new code can be created) to explain the adjustment in payment.
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Medicare Fee Schedule, Payment and Reimbursement Benefit Guideline, CPT Code Billing: Medicare EOB sequestration payment reduction code CO 253
 
sangha said:
No, you didn't pay for what you're getting and you think you're entitled to even more
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Yes, I do. They are called entitlements, after all. I'd believe I'd like an MRI just to have one. It's been a while and I'm feeling a little MRI deficient. And at least a couple of those machines that go BING! at the right times around the house, too. It's comforting.
 
humbolt said:
Yes, I do. They are called entitlements, after all. I'd believe I'd like an MRI just to have one. It's been a while and I'm feeling a little MRI deficient. And at least a couple of those machines that go BING! at the right times around the house, too. It's comforting.
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I have to give you credit - you're the only rightwinger I've seen who acknowledges their entitlement mentality :lol:

I'd like one of those machines with the electric paddles they use to restart a stopped heart - for guests who overstay their welcome
 
sangha said:
I have to give you credit - you're the only rightwinger I've seen who acknowledges their entitlement mentality :lol:
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I can't speak for others, but me - I'm special.

I'd like one of those machines with the electric paddles they use to restart a stopped heart - for guests who overstay their welcome
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Check with your preferred provider. Or, you can show your guests open buckets of carbon and graphite and tell them it's black powder for the pipe bombs.
 
humbolt said:
I can't speak for others, but me - I'm special.
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Agreed

Check with your preferred provider. Or, you can show your guests open buckets of carbon and graphite and tell them it's black powder for the pipe bombs.
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I did and all he gave me was a weak-ass TENS machine

Damn you, Obama!!
 
sangha said:
Agreed
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Gives Special Forces a whole new meaning, doesn't it?

I did and all he gave me was a weak-ass TENS machine
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Damn you, Obama!![/QUOTE]

Damn straight. Demand at least an ELEVENS machine - or maybe at least a new car battery and a bucket for the water.
 
fmw said:
The $2.87 is what I have been talking about. Check your bill. It should be labeled as sequestration. The government billed you a little, not because it mattered to the federal budget but because they are trying to make a statement about sequestration.
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Thank you for the clarity you have brought to the conversation
 
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