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Very interesting story Anne. Just had this happen to us. However, they waited 6 1/2 months to bill us for the extra office visit. Our son went to the Doctor in December for a physical. My husband had just been laid off and we all wanted to get into see the Doctor before our insurance ran out. Just like you, he asked our son if there was anything else that was bothering him. Our son said yes, his knee, it had been. He gave him a brace and sent him on his way. He never wore the brace. I guess my son was trying to think hard about what else. When we received the first bill it actually had been through our insurance and none of it had been paid, the visit or the brace. So my husband unwittingly called the billing department and told them it had been a physical. Now we are being charged for another office visit over 6 months later.

I also find the doctors justification a little interesting. He feels totally justified, scary huh! He doesn't even see why that would be a problem for most hard working fair minded people. You can get so far out of touch with whats right and wrong that you can't even think logically anymore.

My husband found himself eating lunch right after I talked to him after talking to the billing department with an old friend who happens to be a cardiologist. He related my story, he said that he said that at conferences, where Doctors go to learn more about medicine they are also taught how to garner more income through billing and how it's related to insurance. He felt the whole practice was unfair, there are good Doctors out there. But there are also a slew of Doctors who are being feed a bunch of making money hype and if you're in it for that reason I can see how they all get twisted up in there heads in believing it's fair and reasonable. We just all know it's not And if he just recognized that it's just not about making a living, I'm all for that!, it's really more about a standard of living. We're not blind---goof ball!