Insurance Board:
File a complaint
with your state insurance board. This may help the cause but could also be a
long road. However, it may improve the general cause and hopefully new
corrective legislative measure to protect you.
Congress: Write to your
congressman or congresswomen. May improve the general cause and hopefully new
corrective legislative measure to protect you.
Governor: to see the Health Care
Managed Care Bill of Rights.
Small Claim Court:
The
simplest and most efficient is probably to go to small
claim court to recover the amount from
your insurer.
What about the doctor or practice, what are they responsibilities?
The
final responsibility is unfortunately yours.
Can you recover from the doctor?
If you have signed a billing policy with the practice there is
little chance you may recover. Doctors and practices need to be paid to
continue treating patients like yourself. This is why they can’t take full
responsibility for your insurance defaults. More and more practices have had to
close because of managed care defaults. You may also find that less and less
doctors are available on your insurance plans or that fewer and fewer
practices are willing to accept insurance plans as payment.
Can you recover from the insurance company?
Yes, see above suggestions.
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