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Re:Surgery estimated cost $1,300. Then the Bill Came: $229,000 by user3939382 on Saturday May 21, 2022 @05:17PM (#31461916)
Totally agree. All these agreements are signed under duress and ask the signer to agree to pay an amount while making it impossible for the signer to know whether that’s possible.
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Re:Surgery estimated cost $1,300. Then the Bill Came: $229,000 by babyshake on Saturday May 21, 2022 @07:04PM (#31462972)
If you don't sign and you need treatment to live, aren't doctors obligated to treat you per the Hippocratic oath?
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Re:Surgery estimated cost $1,300. Then the Bill Came: $229,000 by cool_dude85 on Saturday May 21, 2022 @07:08PM (#31463020)
Are you dying, like, right now? Or are you just going to die in a few months? Come back when you're dying.
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