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Healthcare systems across the country are initiating fees for the email exchanges that you have with your doctor or medical team.  Not every message will be billed, but those that dispense information similar to that you might receive during an office visit or a telehealth visit will incur charges.  The cost to you depends upon your insurance but could be as much as $160 if you have no health insurance.  Those on commercial insurance may incur a co-pay, maybe $20-$30, those on Medicare may get charged $3-$6, and those on Medicaid have no charges.

 

In defense of the medical establishment, the volume of email messages can be enormous.  The medical teams at UC-San Francisco received about 900,000 emails in a year.  With the new rules, about 13,000 of those emails would result in a charge.  Thats only 1.4%.

 

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2022-12-email-doctor.html

 

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