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5 hours ago, slainte39 said:

Doctors and hospitals certainly do not give pricing to Mexicans in USD.  Don´t you tell them you live here???

This is stupid talk. My close friend told me what his end costs were on his US credit card, in dollars. Am I to do a conversion here? At current exchange rates or when he had the work?

My memory was in dollars, he paid an order of magnitude less than another, and if that contrast is not apparent, whine elsewhere, please.

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Since this topic began, we've received several billing statements from our insurance. Our co-pay was always the same ($100mxn per visit/$3000mxn if a hospital stay is involved), so I never really looked too closely. Two quick examples of many:  a simple doctor's visit (got to see the third or fourth fresh-out-of-medical school doc that does the general appointments), billed $174.10USD (approximately $3700mxn!), paid $65.27 ($1384mxn); a specialist was seen and the bill was $434.35 ($9200mxn!!!!) when most specialists charge $800mxn. The payment was $325.83 ($6900mxn). I might add, that this was just a repeating circle of seeing doctors who just said to see another specialist. The problem is/was never resolved. And, yes, I can prove what I'm saying. 

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14 minutes ago, Tingting said:

Since this topic began, we've received several billing statements from our insurance. Our co-pay was always the same ($100mxn per visit/$3000mxn if a hospital stay is involved), so I never really looked too closely. Two quick examples of many:  a simple doctor's visit (got to see the third or fourth fresh-out-of-medical school doc that does the general appointments), billed $174.10USD (approximately $3700mxn!), paid $65.27 ($1384mxn); a specialist was seen and the bill was $434.35 ($9200mxn!!!!) when most specialists charge $800mxn. The payment was $325.83 ($6900mxn). I might add, that this was just a repeating circle of seeing doctors who just said to see another specialist. The problem is/was never resolved. And, yes, I can prove what I'm saying. 

This has absolutely nothing to do with what I posted were my costs at SAH. Your problem is that you have an insurance plan which is not as fiscally efficient as paying out of pocket and makes you ripe for the picking.

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I'm curious as to what kind of insurance policy you have.... covering you in Mexico and billing you/showing your charges and paying off, all in US Dollars?

I'm assuming that this is the case as you quoted the pesos amount as 'approximately'....

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17 minutes ago, RickS said:

I'm curious as to what kind of insurance policy you have.... covering you in Mexico and billing you/showing your charges and paying off, all in US Dollars?

I'm assuming that this is the case as you quoted the pesos amount as 'approximately'....

RickS,  The billing was done in pesos, but then they convert it on the statement which we get. The "approximately" was me using a USD/MXN converter to give everyone a rough idea of the charges that the hospital billed our insurance. This was not the reason why we chose to opt out of their plan, but it's just one more "brick in the wall." Again, I'm not saying that the place is bad, good, or indifferent, just not for us.

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2 hours ago, happyjillin said:

This has absolutely nothing to do with what I posted were my costs at SAH. Your problem is that you have an insurance plan which is not as fiscally efficient as paying out of pocket and makes you ripe for the picking.

This has everything to do with costs. Your problem is that you're so hell-bent on defending the place and telling everyone else that their experiences don't count that you refuse to accept that not every experience is rainbows and unicorns. Since you don't know my insurance, you have no clue what is and is not fiscally efficient. For us, it's more efficient, and probably medically necessary, for us to pay out-of-pocket and see specialists that  won't continue the medical circle-jerk, . We are then reimbursed, as we were in the past before we tried the insurance plan w/SAH. I don't say this lightly as a LOT of thought went into our decision. We're also fortunate that we can do so and we know this. We also know that SAH may be the only option for others. FWIW, WE are not ripe for the picking, but the insurance companies that appear to be paying way more than is normal, are. So because you're happy with the services you received, you're able to justify this? Again, I'm glad they helped you and that you're doing well, but that doesn't change our particular experiences (note:  experiences, not just once). 

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8 minutes ago, Tingting said:

This has everything to do with costs. Your problem is that you're so hell-bent on defending the place and telling everyone else that their experiences don't count that you refuse to accept that not every experience is rainbows and unicorns. Since you don't know my insurance, you have no clue what is and is not fiscally efficient. For us, it's more efficient, and probably medically necessary, for us to pay out-of-pocket and see specialists that  won't continue the medical circle-jerk, . We are then reimbursed, as we were in the past before we tried the insurance plan w/SAH. I don't say this lightly as a LOT of thought went into our decision. We're also fortunate that we can do so and we know this. We also know that SAH may be the only option for others. FWIW, WE are not ripe for the picking, but the insurance companies that appear to be paying way more than is normal, are. So because you're happy with the services you received, you're able to justify this? Again, I'm glad they helped you and that you're doing well, but that doesn't change our particular experiences (note:  experiences, not just once). 

My wife and I have been there more than once with good experience every time. If you want to moan about what you are billed medically,why don't you start another thread. We paid our bill with our debit card which is out of our pocket[bank account]. I am not defending the place but merely describing an experience and the charges related. I  am not sorry for my accurate anecdote and said nothing about rainbows and unicorns. In any even I have also been treated many times in many hospitals and MRI,CAT etc. labs in Guadalajara. It's wonderful that we have this small hospital here to take care of a lot of our various and sundry medical issues. Stands to reason that it's a money,time saver and, perhaps, life saver when time is of the essence.

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19 minutes ago, RickS said:

So, for clarity of Post and transparency..... who are you

Tingting. I just mentioned it because I used my other name and thought it might confuse some. It wasn't anything "nefarious" but an old technodino's use of the wrong account. And before you ask, I used a different account with the classified section because I ran into some rather "interesting" individuals when I sold some items online. 

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Happy Nuts and Happy Jillin sounds like a match made in the garden of eden!

(for those who don't get it jilling is porn slang for female masturbation. Google if you don't believe me. Just don't click images!). I am not allright with this, but the moderaters and owners of this site seem to be OK with it.

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1 hour ago, Tingting said:

Tingting. I just mentioned it because I used my other name and thought it might confuse some. It wasn't anything "nefarious" but an old technodino's use of the wrong account. And before you ask, I used a different account with the classified section because I ran into some rather "interesting" individuals when I sold some items online. 

Why has this board allowed you more than one account?

 

pedro kertesz,

the one and only and my real name. have been called pedro for about 25+ years.

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32 minutes ago, CHILLIN said:

Happy Nuts and Happy Jillin sounds like a match made in the garden of eden!

(for those who don't get it jilling is porn slang for female masturbation. Google if you don't believe me. Just don't click images!). I am not allright with this, but the moderaters and owners of this site seem to be OK with it.

Oh, good lord! I have no idea why you feel it is appropriate to equate porn to my name, especially when it's HAPPILYnutz (intiimating crazy), not happy nuts (your favorite movie genre), but I also don't watch what you must watch, nor do I find porn in innocent names. If it gives you a giggle, good for you.

I honestly didn't know that having more than one name was a no-no, but I do know that I'm not the only one. I immediately said who I was and why I used it, but that doesn't appear to be good enough for you. If you'd continue with your dogged investigation of me, you'd have seen that it was for a big whooping total of 3 times. I will delete it as it's not my intent to defraud, but was trying to protect myself from a nutcase. Not everyone has ulterior motives, but then again, not everyone is into porn.

And with that, I'm done with this topic despite once trying to end it on a "agree to disagree" note. Feel free to continue beating your dead horse (oh, Chillin...that must really excite you, eh?). SMH.

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