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Re:Insured, but Still Owing $109K for a Heart Attack by noelsusman on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @07:10PM (#17863738)
Hospitals generally operate on <5% margins. If you force them to provide supplies at cost then they'll have to get that revenue from somewhere else.

Also, people like you who force hospitals to chase you down to pay a bill are part of the reason why it's so expensive in the first place.

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Re:Insured, but Still Owing $109K for a Heart Attack by gowld on Tuesday August 28, 2018 @09:03PM (#17864342)
The hospital in OP article is part of HCA, that has perpetuated $billions in fraud profits. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital_Corporation_of_Amer...
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