Post by ronin on Feb 26, 2016 16:09:47 GMT -7
I just took my daughter in for labs. The lady at the counter said, "I need your ID (ok), your insurance card (ok), and a debit or credit card (?!!!!!). I asked her how much the charge would be. I'm not used to being asked for payment without having a price quoted.
She said, "We'll send everything to your insurance company and then only charge your card if they don't cover it 100%."
I don't know what my face looked like, but she assumed I was too stupid to understand (I get that a lot...) and patiently explained, "We just capture your information and only charge for your responsibility."
Oh, I understand, but what I heard you say Crazy Lady is this:
"I'm just going to swipe your card, and we'll just charge you whatever the fuck we want without you having any prior knowledge. I might even tack on a few extra bucks, because I'm having a hard time, and it's not likely you'll notice. You don't mind right? You can trust me."
I told her to bill me. Fuck all that noise. I wouldn't hand a stranger a blank check. Letting some random office worker swipe my card without knowing the charge is just as good as doing that.
She said that they would bill me this time, but that they're doing away with billing soon. How do they figure they'll get away with that?
She said, "We'll send everything to your insurance company and then only charge your card if they don't cover it 100%."
I don't know what my face looked like, but she assumed I was too stupid to understand (I get that a lot...) and patiently explained, "We just capture your information and only charge for your responsibility."
Oh, I understand, but what I heard you say Crazy Lady is this:
"I'm just going to swipe your card, and we'll just charge you whatever the fuck we want without you having any prior knowledge. I might even tack on a few extra bucks, because I'm having a hard time, and it's not likely you'll notice. You don't mind right? You can trust me."
I told her to bill me. Fuck all that noise. I wouldn't hand a stranger a blank check. Letting some random office worker swipe my card without knowing the charge is just as good as doing that.
She said that they would bill me this time, but that they're doing away with billing soon. How do they figure they'll get away with that?
