▲ 2059 ▼ Health insurance (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by lawrence@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world 95 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] bustrpoindextr@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child) I'm both American and have been on multiple different insurance plans. (Including a no copay plan) No copay means no copay, what you're describing is not no copay. https://www.tuftsmedicarepreferred.org/healthy-living/what-difference-between-copays-deductibles-and-coinsurance#:~:text=Copays%20cover%20your%20cost%20of,time%20you%20visit%20your%20doctor. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] abraxas@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 years ago* (1 child) No copay means no copay, what you’re describing is not no copay. Yes, "no copay means no copay". Most insurance plans have BOTH a copay and a deductable on a large number of higher-end services like inpatient surgery and the diagnostics like CT. And I have had, and helped family shop for, healthcare plans that have no copay, but still have a deductable. Further, there's a lot of PPO variants that have no copay or deductable, but have a coinsurance for everything. In my adult life, I have never seen a plan where your "typical" out of pocket for anything other than Primary Care or Teledoc was anywhere near zero, even if those plans approach $3000/mo. And you're right. What I was describing was not a copay, but a deductable (please check the words I used, as I called it a deductable :) ). For a patient, money going out feels the same as money going out. Especially in large quantities. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bustrpoindextr@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) And you're right. What I was describing was not a copay, but a deductable (please check the words I used, as I called it a deductable :) ). Sure but the conversation was about copay ;) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] abraxas@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago* Sometimes conversations get confused pretty quickly in thread format. I never understood why, but it IS hard to keep context in Lemmy. Let me reopen with what I was replying to: If you had no co pay you wouldn’t have had a $200 bill That's what you opened with. The person above you didn't use the word "copay" at all. They just complained about being charged $200 to get a note. Your reply was the quote above. My reply was "but most insurance plans have a ... deductible". The conversation was really about money out of pocket. I think you inadvertently thought it was about copays. It happens :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] abraxas@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 years ago* (1 child) No copay means no copay, what you’re describing is not no copay. Yes, "no copay means no copay". Most insurance plans have BOTH a copay and a deductable on a large number of higher-end services like inpatient surgery and the diagnostics like CT. And I have had, and helped family shop for, healthcare plans that have no copay, but still have a deductable. Further, there's a lot of PPO variants that have no copay or deductable, but have a coinsurance for everything. In my adult life, I have never seen a plan where your "typical" out of pocket for anything other than Primary Care or Teledoc was anywhere near zero, even if those plans approach $3000/mo. And you're right. What I was describing was not a copay, but a deductable (please check the words I used, as I called it a deductable :) ). For a patient, money going out feels the same as money going out. Especially in large quantities. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bustrpoindextr@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) And you're right. What I was describing was not a copay, but a deductable (please check the words I used, as I called it a deductable :) ). Sure but the conversation was about copay ;) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] abraxas@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago* Sometimes conversations get confused pretty quickly in thread format. I never understood why, but it IS hard to keep context in Lemmy. Let me reopen with what I was replying to: If you had no co pay you wouldn’t have had a $200 bill That's what you opened with. The person above you didn't use the word "copay" at all. They just complained about being charged $200 to get a note. Your reply was the quote above. My reply was "but most insurance plans have a ... deductible". The conversation was really about money out of pocket. I think you inadvertently thought it was about copays. It happens :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bustrpoindextr@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) And you're right. What I was describing was not a copay, but a deductable (please check the words I used, as I called it a deductable :) ). Sure but the conversation was about copay ;) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] abraxas@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago* Sometimes conversations get confused pretty quickly in thread format. I never understood why, but it IS hard to keep context in Lemmy. Let me reopen with what I was replying to: If you had no co pay you wouldn’t have had a $200 bill That's what you opened with. The person above you didn't use the word "copay" at all. They just complained about being charged $200 to get a note. Your reply was the quote above. My reply was "but most insurance plans have a ... deductible". The conversation was really about money out of pocket. I think you inadvertently thought it was about copays. It happens :) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] abraxas@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago* Sometimes conversations get confused pretty quickly in thread format. I never understood why, but it IS hard to keep context in Lemmy. Let me reopen with what I was replying to: If you had no co pay you wouldn’t have had a $200 bill That's what you opened with. The person above you didn't use the word "copay" at all. They just complained about being charged $200 to get a note. Your reply was the quote above. My reply was "but most insurance plans have a ... deductible". The conversation was really about money out of pocket. I think you inadvertently thought it was about copays. It happens :) permalink fedilink source parent
