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On Wed, 13 May 2009 11:48:31 -0400, HK wrote:

Every
time I go to one of the practice's offices, I see at least four young
ladies doing nothing but playing footsie on the phone with private
insurance companies, who apparently do everything they to make doctors'
offices jump through hoops to get coverage for their patients.

Are you sure they aren't talking to Medicare or one of the "medigap"
companies. My doctors say that is as cumbersome as the other insurance
companies.
From my experience doctors do not really work that hard for you
either. They just bill you for whatever insurance doesn't pay on the
first go around and it is up to you to fight it. The real question is
whether it is easier to fight Aetna or the government.

Yeah, I am sure they are talking to insurance companies, because one of
the women at the office I visit is an old friend, and I always stop and
chat with her for a few minutes before I leave. Most of the chatting,
she has told me over and again, is with insurance companies. The
"Medigap" companies are insurance companies, too, as I am sure you know.