Comments on: Free Medical Care http://abqonthecheap.com/miscellaneous/free-medical-care/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:04:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Elizabeth http://abqonthecheap.com/miscellaneous/free-medical-care/comment-page-1/#comment-1227 Elizabeth Thu, 16 Jul 2009 21:57:01 +0000 http://abqonthecheap.com/?p=1753#comment-1227 How much do we LOVE our readers?? You, sir or madam, should consider yourself an investigative journalist. Way to fill in the details we didn't have time to ferret out! In short, we salute you. How much do we LOVE our readers?? You, sir or madam, should consider yourself an investigative journalist. Way to fill in the details we didn’t have time to ferret out! In short, we salute you.

]]> By: Xc http://abqonthecheap.com/miscellaneous/free-medical-care/comment-page-1/#comment-1226 Xc Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:26:46 +0000 http://abqonthecheap.com/?p=1753#comment-1226 I also found out that the free part is ONLY from 9am to 1pm Sunday, not all day. They have reduced prices for labs and xrays, and they do not at this time have a contract with BCBS, so people really need to call this place and ask alot of specific questions before they decide to go in. I also found out that the free part is ONLY from 9am to 1pm Sunday, not all day.
They have reduced prices for labs and xrays, and they do not at this time have a contract with BCBS, so people really need to call this place and ask alot of specific questions before they decide to go in.

]]> By: Xc http://abqonthecheap.com/miscellaneous/free-medical-care/comment-page-1/#comment-1225 Xc Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:20:49 +0000 http://abqonthecheap.com/?p=1753#comment-1225 Great service, but maybe nobody has shown up in the past because 1. We didn't know about it because the local TV news just mentioned it a few days ago...(how are we supposed to know?) 2. If blood tests, urinalysis, xrays etc are ordered, do they then ask for identification? Some place has to get paid for that part. Does insurance kick in then or private pay or what? Maybe people don't come in because they have too many questions or they think that the cost of the labs, xrays, whatever, will be prohibitive. Then, if insurance does pay for the extras, the ordering doc has to be "in network" for the extras to be paid "in network." See? I am saying that this missing information is not your fault at all, I just think that any time someone says that something we normally think of as costly is suddenly "free", we the public are suspicious because there must be a charge for the add-ons. The place giving it away free needs to provide more information and facts so that the public can make an informed decision. If we knew all the facts and what if's, we would come get the free service in droves. Great service, but maybe nobody has shown up in the past because
1. We didn’t know about it because the local TV news just mentioned it a few days ago…(how are we supposed to know?)

2. If blood tests, urinalysis, xrays etc are ordered, do they then ask for identification? Some place has to get paid for that part. Does insurance kick in then or private pay or what? Maybe people don’t come in because they have too many questions or they think that the cost of the labs, xrays, whatever, will be prohibitive. Then, if insurance does pay for the extras, the ordering doc has to be “in network” for the extras to be paid “in network.” See?

I am saying that this missing information is not your fault at all, I just think that any time someone says that something we normally think of as costly is suddenly “free”, we the public are suspicious because there must be a charge for the add-ons. The place giving it away free needs to provide more information and facts so that the public can make an informed decision. If we knew all the facts and what if’s, we would come get the free service in droves.

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