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rockygap Asked December 2016

How to find out if widower overpaid wife's medical bills?

Amount of money paid out for medical bills seems too much, since dead spouse had SSI. Need someone to review these bills.

GardenArtist Dec 2016
Rocky, what's your relationship to this widower? Do you know what illnesses her husband had, and what kind of insurance, especially any supplemental insurance? There can be a wide gap between what some supplementals pay and what an alternative plan might pay.

CarlaCB Dec 2016
Google "medical bill review" or "hospital bill review" to find companies that review bills for errors and overcharges for a fee. Apparently overcharges are very common, and sometimes people just pay them instead of challenging the charges.

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pamstegma Dec 2016
If she was on Medicare, they send out quarterly statements.
If she had a supplemental insurance, contact the insurance company
If she was on Medicaid look at the Medicaid statements.
Some doctors do not accept Medicaid, so you pay.

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