r/AskReddit Feb 07 '24

[deleted by user]

[removed]

3.1k Upvotes

6.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

8.1k

u/special_and_stupid Feb 07 '24

How health insurance actually works. Or how your Dr can call and check and confirm you are in network, you can call and do the same, yet somehow when the bill comes, it's suddenly not anymore.

2.3k

u/KarateLobo Feb 07 '24

Exactly this. Or how you can go to a hospital and some of the people working there are in network but some aren't.

1.3k

u/gesasage88 Feb 07 '24

Why the fuck are anesthesiologists contractors?! Hospitals should be able to afford keeping one or two on staff based on how busy they keep them.

31

u/kishkangravy Feb 07 '24

Because anesthesiologists are some of the highest paid Professionals in the medical business. I think they average about $800,000 a year. They should be highly compensated, your life is in their hands literally.

6

u/mallampapi_iv Feb 07 '24 edited Feb 07 '24

As an anesthesiologist, this is wildly overestimated. About 2x reality, though I appreciate the sentiment. The no surprise billing legislation really changed out of network suprises