Definition:

Determining how much if any insurance a patient has.

Usage:

Before we run these tests let's do a wallet biopsy.

Synonyms:

green test

Created Jul 16, 2009

Definition:

Any health insurance plan with premiums higher than $8,000 for individuals or $21,000 for families. Legislation is calling for an increase in taxes on these high-cost insurance plans.

These figures include everything you and your employer spend on health care except for the deductible: premiums for medical (the portions paid by you and by your employer), dental, and vision coverage, as well as any money you put into a flexible spending account, which allows you to set aside pretax money to cover medical costs. Since your pay stub may show only your personal contribution—not that of your employer.

Ever since its introduction in 1902, the Cadillac has been synonymous with American luxury. But the health care metaphor appears to have taken root sometime in the 1970s. In 1977, a hospital administrator in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, complained that "every citizen demands Cadillac health care service and is not concerned about the Cadillac costs because in most instances the patient does

Usage:

I traded my Cadillac plan during cash for clunkers.

Created Oct 16, 2009

Definition:

When a patient is transferred to cheaper, less intensive hospital after discovering he has no health insurance.

Usage:

Yeah, the negative wallet biopsy meant he was going to King-Harbor. Welcome to healthcare in America.

Created Nov 28, 2009

Definition:

Providing free care for an indigent patient lacking insurance.

Usage:

Boy, we're gonna eat the bill on this guy.

Created Feb 06, 2010

Definition:

A pain in the neck as a result of a minor car accident -- usually made up to defraud an insurance company.

Usage:

She's complaining of a neck injury after her Escort hit a mailbox. It's probably just some insurance pain.

Synonyms:

insurance fraud

Created Feb 07, 2010

Definition:

When the victim of minor accident wants something to substantiate his insurance/legal claim but really needs no medical treatment.

Usage:

The guy was just improving his claim, so I sent him packing. AIG has enough problems -- they don't need this guy trying to bilk 'em out of a couple dimes.

Created Feb 12, 2010