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Some advice from this podcast: if you require emergency medical care in the US, are given an agreement to pay & believe you may be subject to predatory billing, sign "I did not read." The ER *must* provide emergency care & this *may* provide some cover if you can't or don't payhttps://twitter.com/webdevMason/status/1167517720830603264 …
As you might guess, I'm not broadly a fan of accepting services without accepting responsibility for payment, but IMO the standard practice of withholding pricing information from patients is wholly indefensible
If I take one of my dogs to the vet for an emergency, the wonderful people there will immediately stabilize him, then quickly let me know what charges have accrued, what they'd like to do next & how much that will cost. I can ask questions, push back, or even transfer him.
Yet if *I* go to an emergency room, it's my experience that many things may be done to me with little explanation or opportunity to ask questions, and I won't have the slightest idea what any of this is costing me until weeks later when a bill arrives. Wtf?
When my son was a newborn and had abnormally long-lasting jaundice, his pediatrician consulted with an out-of-network specialist without me knowing about it (he only saw records, not my son). Got billed about $12,000. Insanity.
I would have said yes to the consult, but I know there would have been no pricing information disclosed and I never in my wildest dreams would have guessed it could be that high without even seeing the patient, ordering any additional tests, etc.
I'm not suggesting that the system be altered to delay stabilizing patients in order to discuss pricing. I do think that this should be the *immediate* next step after the patient is stabilized, and that standard fees for accessing the ER be made public.
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