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Re:Hospitals Must Now Post Prices. But It May Take a Brain S... by elyobo on Monday January 14, 2019 @04:41AM (#18901856)
As a non American, based on what I've heard of the US system, I would absolutely ask about price for any medical treatment in the US if I was still physically capable of asking.

Haven't broken a leg, so can't be sure whether I'd be functional - probably depends on how bad the break is :D

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Re:Hospitals Must Now Post Prices. But It May Take a Brain S... by ceejayoz on Monday January 14, 2019 @08:38AM (#18902814)
You can try, but the answer is likely to be “we don’t know, ask the billing department afterwards”.
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Re:Hospitals Must Now Post Prices. But It May Take a Brain S... by elyobo on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @02:01AM (#18918828)
Ha, yeah, I can imagine :-/
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Re:Hospitals Must Now Post Prices. But It May Take a Brain S... by tapland on Monday January 14, 2019 @06:45AM (#18902317)
Looking at comments from last week here on HN it seems to be _very_ common that the prices quoted are a fraction of what you then end up getting billed.

How that can be legal, I don't know.

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