Health system sues thousands of patients, seizes pay and puts liens on homes

Re:Health system sues thousands of patients, seizes pay and ... by rayiner on Monday September 09, 2019 @10:12PM (#20924528)

Fraud is where you lie about a material fact to induce someone to give you some benefit. Where is the fraud here?

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Re:Health system sues thousands of patients, seizes pay and ... by mindslight on Monday September 09, 2019 @10:29PM (#20924587)

The lie is the fictitious "list price" on the bill, which is nowhere near the amount generally paid nor agreed upon beforehand.

Let's say I'm going out and offer to bring you back a sandwich. I can't give you the sandwich and then claim you owe me $20 because that was my price. I either need to form that contract up front, or I can only expect reimbursement for the amount I actually paid.

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