Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
I have the gold plan. My wife was admitted into the hospital. I was forced to pay the $1000 deductible upfront even though I have $1500 in my HRA. What a bunch of crap.
You sure it was not estimated expense above that of your health care plan? I know that many OB-GYN's will have you do that for L and D. One wanted us to do that for my wife's birth a few years ago. We opted to go with another dr.