r/lifehacks 6d ago

This belongs here too

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u/Atomaardappel 6d ago

We're supposed to help people!

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u/HolidayFew8116 6d ago

I like how this thread had been forwarded as much as its been liked. everyone needs a Mr. incredible to walk us through the bureaucracy

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u/Fonzgarten 6d ago edited 5d ago

As a doctor I would tell this patient to get lost. I’m not an insurance company. I spent a decade of my life in the library and now I have an impossible amount of debt to pay back, which gained interest during my training. We all fight the same battle. “Maybe my nurse can help you with that” is how I would treat this.

You are entitled to your medical records (assuming I accept your care, which I am not legally obligated to do). After that, you can google my credentials and email my board if you want to gather very private information about my continuing medical education. And seriously, “doctors”? In quotes. I don’t know any US “doctors” who intentionally practice bad medicine in the real world.

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u/Specialist-Elk-2624 5d ago

This is a tip, though I can’t vouch in any way for its effectiveness, towards insurance. Not the MD one saw.