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Mayo Clinic workers say they have terrible health insurance.

A former Mayo Clinic employee said she had to pay around $1,000 for going to urgent care after part of her face was suddenly paralyzed from Bell’s palsy. (She said she discarded the bill and could not provide a copy to the Reformer.) She said she called at least 100 general practitioners in the Bay Area until she found one who would take Mayo insurance. Getting an appointment with a neurologist was further delayed because Medica took weeks to confirm it would cover the appointment with a specialist. She ended up switching to her husband’s insurance plan even though it came with a $7,000 deductible because it had in-network providers she could access. She quit Mayo shortly after, and is paying off $10,000 of medical debt. “I was bitter after that experience … You assume the top hospital network in the world, theoretically, would take care of its employees,” she…


A former Mayo Clinic employee said she had to pay around $1,000 for going to urgent care after part of her face was suddenly paralyzed from Bell’s palsy. (She said she discarded the bill and could not provide a copy to the Reformer.)

She said she called at least 100 general practitioners in the Bay Area until she found one who would take Mayo insurance. Getting an appointment with a neurologist was further delayed because Medica took weeks to confirm it would cover the appointment with a specialist.

She ended up switching to her husband’s insurance plan even though it came with a $7,000 deductible because it had in-network providers she could access. She quit Mayo shortly after, and is paying off $10,000 of medical debt.

“I was bitter after that experience … You assume the top hospital network in the world, theoretically, would take care of its employees,” she said.

https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/10/25/mayo-clinic-workers-say-they-have-terrible-health-insurance/

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