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Trip to ER might be costly
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<blockquote data-quote="&#039;Lord Brown&#039;s bidding&#039;" data-source="post: 1325625" data-attributes="member: 32753"><p>It's not Teamcare you have a gripe with; it's Blue Cross and Blue Shield. That was the plan administrator for many UPSERs. They are the primary plan administrator for Teamcare. I didn't realize NYC had a separate health admins</p><p></p><p></p><p>Dude, the pain is severe, but no they are not fatal if treated promptly. If you went to an urgent care or family doctor, they'd do the same thing as the ER: send you to get a scan, and go from there. The difference is there isn't extra travel involved by going directly to the ER (leaving the urgent care facility/Dr office to go to the hospital), but they don't give you the scan in the ER! You are wheeled to the correct dept.</p><p></p><p>I'm not trying to say all ER visits that don't involve trauma is bad. If I have severe, debilitating pain I may go straight to the hospital myself. Often times as of late, however, I find myself Googling my symptoms to see how bad I am. I've eaten several $100 co-pays, and I now understand why I got them. And I was/am under the UPS plan, run by BCBS, not Teamcare. </p><p></p><p>Ya'll should know you have options, and that Teamcare isn't the reason for $100 co-pays.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="'Lord Brown's bidding', post: 1325625, member: 32753"] It's not Teamcare you have a gripe with; it's Blue Cross and Blue Shield. That was the plan administrator for many UPSERs. They are the primary plan administrator for Teamcare. I didn't realize NYC had a separate health admins Dude, the pain is severe, but no they are not fatal if treated promptly. If you went to an urgent care or family doctor, they'd do the same thing as the ER: send you to get a scan, and go from there. The difference is there isn't extra travel involved by going directly to the ER (leaving the urgent care facility/Dr office to go to the hospital), but they don't give you the scan in the ER! You are wheeled to the correct dept. I'm not trying to say all ER visits that don't involve trauma is bad. If I have severe, debilitating pain I may go straight to the hospital myself. Often times as of late, however, I find myself Googling my symptoms to see how bad I am. I've eaten several $100 co-pays, and I now understand why I got them. And I was/am under the UPS plan, run by BCBS, not Teamcare. Ya'll should know you have options, and that Teamcare isn't the reason for $100 co-pays. [/QUOTE]
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