Comments on: Book Review: Health Care on Less Than You Think by Fred Brock

By: jim

jim — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 23:17:06 +0000

He does discuss secondary insurance, explains how it works, and gives his own example of how he takes advantage of it. Both he and his wife pay for medical insurance from their companies and so the other plan covers the overage. He recommends it.

He also goes extensively into Medicare, including Part D (which governs prescription drug benefits, as well as the other parts.

So, I really do feel as though he wrote to the masses both in the language he used (my initial meaning) and the topics he covered.

Thanks for the great question!

By: EasyChange

EasyChange — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 21:20:56 +0000

Did he handle the issues with regard to secondary insurance ? What about Medicare Part D? IS that covered as well? You say he wrote to the masses, but I am wondering what age group he targets.

By: jim

jim — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:41:05 +0000

They didn’t pay entirely for some things that they should have, he found they were paying around 70% of the service instead of 100%. He also found that he was being double billed for some services (I don’t remember if the provider was double billing the insurer or the insurer was double recording) and the insurance company didn’t catch on (like two visits on the same day type stuff). Basically it was sloppiness type errors.

I hope that helps.

By: Barry

Barry — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 17:01:18 +0000

I don’t quite understand the situation in Chapter 7. How exactly did the insurance company owe him money? Is it because he paid for things they should have covered? Please clarify. Thanks.