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Re:California lawmakers introduce plan to end surprise ER bills by metamet on Monday February 25, 2019 @01:05PM (#19247786)
How does one actually go about negotiating the ER bill after you've received one?
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Re:California lawmakers introduce plan to end surprise ER bills by RandallBrown on Monday February 25, 2019 @01:12PM (#19247861)
Hospitals have a billing department. You go talk to them and say "I am unable to pay this amount." There is probably a number on your bill to call.
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Re:California lawmakers introduce plan to end surprise ER bills by jjoonathan on Monday February 25, 2019 @01:46PM (#19248193)
And then they look up your income on one of a dozen information gathering platforms and decide that you qualify for a 2% discount, because privacy doesn't matter and hospital price gouging isn't a problem. Enjoy!
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Re:California lawmakers introduce plan to end surprise ER bills by ben509 on Monday February 25, 2019 @01:10PM (#19247833)
First hit on Google for that exact question: https://www.forbes.com/sites/financialfinesse/2017/03/30/wha...
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