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United Health Insurance is refusing to cover my colonoscopy. (hexbear.net)

submitted 21 hours ago by Pastaguini@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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Title says it all. I work full time and have United healthcare. A few months ago I had a colonoscopy due to a medical phenomenon I was experiencing known as “shitting blood”. They found a cancerous polyp and removed it. But folks, let me tell you - the real cancerous polyp is United Healthcare, enemy of humanity and scourge of God. They’re refusing to provide coverage, leaving me with a 2.3k bill. I’m being charged $700 for anesthesia I didn’t even ask for - talk about a pain in the ass.

Anyone have any stickers of any of the Mario brothers they can post during this trying time?

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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I'm dealing with the same thing. You can submit an appeal by phone, but the person who did it picked the worst fucking subject/primary reason. If you only have one or two, and not 50 smaller bills like me then you can go online and appeal it there.

They denied my appeal so now I need to contact their level 2 appeal (by fucking mail) or maybe call the state.

[–] Pastaguini@hexbear.net 17 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Im currently rolling that boulder up the hill as we speak, my friend. Best of luck in your fight against this truly kafkaesque machine.

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 5 points 13 hours ago

Check with the billing/coding department of the hospital as well, they might have been the ones who fucked up.

They will invariably say that it's impossible for them to have made a mistake. It would take them 5 minutes to look it up, but the people in billing departments would rather spend 40 minutes on the phone telling you it's not possible than the 5 minutes it would take them to discover that it's exactly what happened.

Request that the billing department print a copy and send it to you for records. This is the only way I've ever seen people actually get them to check. You'll almost certainly need the information in order to successfully appeal with UHC even if the hospital did everything right.

[–] CommunistCuddlefish@hexbear.net 11 points 19 hours ago

I'm sorry. Health insurers are evil. Good luck to you and fuckwit_mcbumcrumble in getting your healthcare covered by the fucking organization that claims they'll step in to protect you from financial ruin if you pay them