When are Doctors and Clinics going to be Held Accountable

The thread "negotiating your medical bills" has raised several questions. Why do health care providers think it's ok to raise the price on testing, visits, etc. when it is being billed to insurance. If someone were paying for it out of their pocket, it wouldn't be that high. In return, it causes us with deductables to pay higher deductables out of our pockets while the clinic keeps that extra money from the insurance company. Now they got extra money from the patient with the deductable and extra money from the insurance company.

Which then brings me to my next point. When are doctors and clinics going to be held accountable for misdiagnosis? My daughter and I have been seeing a physician at Allina Clinic for 3 1/2 years. He misdiagnosed her food allergies during that whole time--she had a cough and her skin would break out for YEARS! Anyway, he put her on several asthma medications, gave her steriod creams for her skin, then put her on acid reflux medicine because the asthma medicine didn't work. I went and saw an osteopath (one FREE visit), did the blood allergy testing, and now she's on homeopathic supplements and hasn't coughed or broke out since we eliminated her allergy foods.

We have an outstanding bill with them for $400. We paid out of our pocket over $2000 for medications and visits. I asked them to clear out the bill and we'll call it good since he didn't figure out what was wrong with her. They won't do that. I have sent complaints to the State Medical Board and will take this all the way to court if I have to.

The representative from Allina told me "if you bring your car to a mechanic and he fixes the tick and something else goes wrong with your car, it's not the mechanics fault." I told her the mechanic in this case didn't fix the tick, why should we have to pay for it? I wouldn't bring my car to a mechanic, pay $2000 and pick up the car with the same tick! At least their accountable if they can't fix it.

So, I ask again, when are doctors and clinics going to be held accountable for their actions?

Wed. Nov 7, 11:10am

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