Re: [IP] Insurance and supply costs
At 05:55 PM 2/24/2010, email @ redacted wrote:
>Was this same page going to my insurance co. to pay???
>The items were THREE TIMES the price I could buy them from Animas,
>over the web. So, this paper represents an astronomical amount of
>money---yup, thousands! I called the insur. co. to see what they
>knew---were they actually going to pay this or is there a "special"
>price they pay? They didn't have the paperwork yet so instead I had
>a long conversation with a charming fellow and we both agreed it
>sounded frighteningly expensive. He decided he would send it on to
>their investigation dept. I don't need to use any of this stuff just
>yet but I really don't want to touch it until I find out who is
>paying what! My co-pay was tiny in comparison but I certainly don't
>want to suddenly be sent a bill as a surprise. The insur. co. fellow
>said that I probably wouldn't be called with the result so I'm not
>sure where that leaves me. I'm thinking I need to call someone again
>at some point. Who would you call and how soon?
>
>Barbara
More than likely, your insurance company gets a discount from this
supplier and does not pay that price.
RoseLea
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