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Re:California lawmakers introduce plan to end surprise ER bills by ummonk on Monday February 25, 2019 @01:01PM (#19247735)
Actually it is a lot easier to negotiate the price after you’ve already gotten the service. They can’t take back the service if you don’t agree to their price.
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Re:California lawmakers introduce plan to end surprise ER bills by lotsofpulp on Monday February 25, 2019 @01:27PM (#19248026)
It depends if the courts find you liable for the service regardless of having agreed upon a price beforehand or not.

With medical care, I would guess the court would side with the medical care provider, and negotiating beforehand would help you, whereas not negotiating beforehand would give a blank check to the seller (as the system is now).

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Re:California lawmakers introduce plan to end surprise ER bills by jjoonathan on Monday February 25, 2019 @01:47PM (#19248198)
Debt & collections exist.
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