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Re:Bringing transparency to ER prices, one hospital bill at ... by wonderwonder on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @10:18PM (#18289179)
How could they go out of business? Any time they need money they can just go through patient records and charge for anything they feel like with very little statute of limitations. Its a license to print money at the expense of those that can least afford it.
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Re:Bringing transparency to ER prices, one hospital bill at ... by fma on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @10:56PM (#18289350)
Yep...I got an email last week for something for my daughter's birth...which 2 years ago. It was charged to an insurance I no longer have. I met deductible that year so everything was covered and it says I'm paying $0. They could lie about the some missing cost and I wouldn't know where to begin disputing it. If I don't successfully dispute it, it goes to collections and hurts my credit. Is my time worth disputing a $500 bill (it I had to pay it?).

It's a lose lose situation.

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