Total Cost of Her Covid-19 Treatment: $34,927.43

Re:Total Cost of Her Covid-19 Treatment: $34,927.43 by dangus on Saturday March 21, 2020 @10:16AM (#22646622)

The bill is crazy, but this person won’t have to pay a 10th if it if they call the billing department.

Being uninsured is actually something of a blessing in the United States in this situation. If you have health insurance (often with bad coverage and high deductibles), you’ve agreed to waive your ability to negotiate and to pay whatever bill they’ve sent you.

Not so for the uninsured.

The whole billing system in the United States is beyond fucked up.

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Re:Total Cost of Her Covid-19 Treatment: $34,927.43 by xiphias2 on Saturday March 21, 2020 @10:48AM (#22646836)

To me this sounds like buying fake watches on the street in Thailand.

We both know that the price is to be negotiated, it's just a joke price.

But healthcare is not a joke even there.

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Re:Total Cost of Her Covid-19 Treatment: $34,927.43 by Krokku on Saturday March 21, 2020 @11:39AM (#22647269)

I dont get it. What is the price then? It depends on my negotiating skills and how many friends in high places i have?

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