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Re:California's ‘Surprise’ Billing Law Is Protecting Patient... by yazaddaruvala on Saturday September 28, 2019 @02:21AM (#21098806)
Lol if it’s too difficult for an MD to know. For all their capability of understanding and working as a professional to answer a simple question about costs, then something is wrong.

If doctors were obliged to answer this question, I bet we would have a simpler system because the physicians would put pressure on the system to simplify.

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Re:California's ‘Surprise’ Billing Law Is Protecting Patient... by SkyPuncher on Saturday September 28, 2019 @02:58PM (#21102187)
If MD's controlled billing, they'd absolutely be able to answer. You see this with doctors that have switched to entirely cash pay. They can provide quotes and estimates much like automotive maintenance or general contracting.
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