Hi there Rhonda:

I never have.  I don't pay anything though 
because I have medicaid so I guess my info really 
does not apply.  I still think the whole thing 
sounds just a little stadey though.

BLESSINGS IN JESUS OUR RADIANT KING,

purple Mari



At 01:47 PM 4/16/2007, you wrote:

>  The dialysis center refered Ben to a doctor, I 
> thought it was a foot doctor, but it turns out 
> it is just a  medical surgeon!!! He says the 
> toe will probably need to be removed,  said 
> something about taking out the bone of the 
> third toe and  if he couldn’t fix it, then it 
> would have to be removed, he didn’t even now 
> what tests Ben had  done in the hos[pital last 
> week.  He scheduled a pre-op for the 24th, they 
> say we need to pay $100 deposit before the 
> surgery!! I made an appointment for a foot 
> doctor tomorrow, I’m sorry, but this doctor 
> doesn’t seem to know what he is talking about, at least as far as Ben goes.
>
>Do any of you ever paty a deposit before going in to the hospital?
>
>$100 isn’t sio much when you consider a whole 
>hospital bill but…to us  it is…I wonder if there is some way they can bill us.
>
>Ben used to have Medicaid but not now…he has 
>Medicare now…so most doctor visits are from $20 
>to $40 depending on the cost, Medicare pays 20% of the bill.
>
>We’ve already spent $60 this month  for doctors 
>and another $20 for medications!!!
>
>I am trying not to worry about all of this….but 
>we have  $1400 per month with rent being 700 of 
>that…just curious as to whether or not anyone 
>else has paid a deposit for a hospital surgery?
>
>Rhonda
>
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