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Schrodinger’s Co-pay

By MATTHEW HOLT More tales of the woes of dealing with health insurance. I live in Marin County, California and one of the things that comes with that is a diagnosis of ADHD for my children. (OK, I have made that joke before but it is true!). My kids now visit a psychiatrist for more sophisticated med management than they receive at their pediatrician. We were (until recently) on a Blue Shield HMO via the Covered California exchange. While I was at the doctor’s office, I talked to the staff. They told me I owed a $50 copay. I didn’t pay them (yet) and I went online and saw the claim...