Docs Are Over-Collecting From Patients

I just had a doctor overcharge me (twice) and keep the extra money until I figured out what happened.

First I was asked to make an erroneous co-payment.

Then I was billed too much to cover what my health insurance company didn’t pay.

The doctor kept the extra money as a credit on my account without telling me, even though I had no intention of ever returning.

It appears to be part of a trend in which physicians are trying to collect as much as they possibly can from patients without waiting to see how much they’ll be paid by insurers. MORE