For Her Head Cold, Insurer Coughed Up $25,865
From the Kaiser Health News website
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Alexa Kasdan had a cold and a sore throat.
The 40-year-old public policy consultant from Brooklyn, New York, didn’t want her upcoming vacation trip ruined by strep throat. So, after it had lingered for more than a week, she decided to get it checked out.
Kasdan visited her primary care physician, Dr. Roya Fathollahi, at Manhattan Specialty Care just off Park Avenue South, and not far from tony Gramercy Park.
The visit was quick. Kasdan got her throat swabbed, gave a tube of blood and was sent out the door with a prescription for antibiotics.
She soon felt better and the trip went off without a hitch.
Then the bill came.
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