Much has been made of Medicare’s “vaunted” ability to pay on time. Well, stories like these are not uncommon:

Each time the couple submitted the bill for Terry’s procedure, it was rejected. Each time, Medicare would say it wasn’t the couple’s primary insurer, and each time, the Sampsons would insist it was.

And so it went, month after frustrating month. Harold Sampson said he had the doctor’s office resubmit the claim a half-dozen times, only to have Medicare say it wouldn’t pay.

There are instances where patients have had trouble getting lab tests reimbursed by Medicare as well. Something that the “Medicare-for-all” proponents conveniently leave out. (via Dr. Wes)