[Ads-l] Medical insurance Kentuckianisms?

[Lisa Galvin]

Er, make that "insurance-ese". 
 
LG



                                                   

 
> Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 10:06:31 -0800
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> It's insurance-ease=2C  and spelled correctly. I believe it is pronounced t=
> he way she pronounced it=2C industry-wide=2C more or less.
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> > Date: Thu=2C 6 Nov 2014 12:49:51 -0500
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> > Isn't payor legalese=2C and not just in Kentucky?
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> > On Thu=2C Nov 6=2C 2014 at 12:39 PM=2C Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wr=
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> > > Today I listened to the automated answering voice of a company that
> > > assists my medical insurer in determining whether another party
> > > should share in payments to cover an accident (such as someone else
> > > who was negligent).  The letter I had received was from Louisville=2C
> > > Kentucky.
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> > > 1)  Early on she said=2C with a southern intonation=2C "We provide
> > > subrogation services to your payor [sic]."  What distressed and
> > > suffering accident victim these days will know what "subrogation"
> > > means?  Why not say "We provide assistance to your medical service
> > > provider in determining whether another party may be responsible for
> > > some of the costs resulting from a recent accident"?
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> > > 2)  "Payor" was pronounced "pay-OR"=2C as in "oar/ore/or".  I wonder
> > > how it was spelled in her script.  I notice=2C however=2C that the OED
> > > has one recent=2C relevant quotation:
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> > > 2004   www.gsk.com 8 Nov. (O.E.D. Archive) =2C   Patients must be
> > > paying the full cost of their prescriptions to participate (i.e.=2C not
> > > reimbursed by any third-party payor).
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