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From: AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org>
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Subject: Re: Can't ride
Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2025 09:10:53 -0600
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On 2/9/2025 2:08 AM, sms wrote:
> On 2/5/2025 9:59 AM, AMuzi wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> There are independent MRI services, typically prompt and 
>> $400~700 cash, rather than waiting a month and billing 
>> someone else for the same service at $2500~$4000 through 
>> The Medical Racket.
>>
>> https://radiologyassist.com/facility-locations-rates/ 
>> locations-by-city/ mri/oakland-ca-mri/
> Our Medicare Part B has a $225 deductible for an MRI. The 
> provider is good about scheduling an MRI for serious issues 
> like this, and they err on the side of caution. They get you 
> in within one day.
> 
> Not sure what Medicare Advantage plan Tom is on, and it's 
> too late to switch for this year, so he should just pay for 
> it out of pocket if his provider refuses to pay.

We agree on the urgency and the relatively small expense.

Yet and all, going through The Medical Racket does generate 
huge billings, even when you do not personally pay all of 
that, and delays are more the norm than immediacy.

-- 
Andrew Muzi
am@yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971