10 things your hospital won't tell you

[Ross]

http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Insurance/InsureYourHealth/10ThingsYourHospitalWontTellYou.aspx

 

[Nancy]

good article!

 

[lance]

Thanks for posting this informative link. Now, if only I wasn't on dial-up ................
I could read more of them.

 

[Ross]

A few good links within the article too.

 

[olefin]

Good links!

I remember the last thing before I went out on the operating table was telling them to be sure and change out the right valve!

We use to have a neighbor surgeon that amputated the wrong leg while being intoxicated. He moved to another state.

 

[nngbwh]

Thanks for sharing. Great info.

 

[ponygirlmom]

"Avoid July." Great! That's when I had my surgery!

 

[Jkm7]

Hi ponygirlmom..........

Nice to see you back here.

Seeing as your surgery was two years ago (wow..... it is already two years?) and hopefully you are doing fine, we have to hope the July downsides did not have a bad impact on you.

Makes one a little jittery with July coming up fast to think ooops, don't get sick in July.

 

[pnwcoast]

It was July for me also! There did seem like a lot of Drs. in and out of my room all week.

 

[Ross]

Mine was in July also. Anyone that knows my story, knows it was a total nightmare.

 

[vtbecca]

Great article, scary about the mortality rates in July in August! One thing I want to share, along the lines of the billing issues. If you have any chance at paying your bill in full you usually get a discount. We have gotten between 10 and 20% off for various stays and procedures, and that can be a substantial amount. I found out by chance after delivering one of my sons around tax return time and have done asked at 3 separate hospitals and had them all discount. They don't announce it but if you ask they usually will.

Becca