Va Billing Private Insure For Care. 1i'm 00% P&t?

[coconutvee]

I'm 100% disabled P&T. I get treated at the VAMC for my service connected conditions, but the VA is billing United Heath care for it. WTF!!!!! Is this new? Now I'm stuck paying co-payments to UHC. I thought that the VA is supposed to treat all my service connected conditions for free? If they are wrong what can I do to correct this?

Thanks

[carlie]

coconutvee,

Get in touch with Eliglbility or Finance and straighten it out and request any co-payments you've paid be refunded.

jmho,

carlie

[otey2171]

I don't understand why you are paying United Health Care co-pays. I understand maybe paying the provider co-pays, thats still wrong but I've never heard paying the insurance company co-pays. I also had United Health care for years were the VA charged for services, some were service connected and some weren't. I never paid co-pays to UHC.

After receiving 100% P&T I still had UHC for 3 years from my previous employer. For those three years the VA billed UHC for everything but I wasn't charged co-pays by UHC. It might show on the EOB (explanation of benefits) that there is a portion you owe(co-pays) but with the VA you don't owe anything if you are 100% P&T.

[Maurice]

I'm 70% disable veteran and the VA is charging my insurance everytime I go to the VA clinic. I had talk to the VA about this matter. Nothing done about it.

[jbasser]

Even at 50 percent and above you pay no co-pays. The va can still bill your insurance for NSC conditions.

They do bill for SC conditions and when the Insurance Companies get a good whiff of it, They should ban together and have a class action lawsuit. It should be worth millions.

Who is the smarter ones, The Va or the Insurance companies.

[Guest Vietnam Tanker]

The VA has the right to bill insurance companies by law, but you are never liable for any co-pays, also by law

[jbasser]

Being 100 % P and T, Are you drawing SSDI.

You have medicare if you do. The VA cannot bill another Government insurance.

I know a fellow who was paying high premiums for private insurance and then dropped it when he got Medicare.

His family is covered unde Champ VA.

J