Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k
by dweekly on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @02:54PM
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I am so glad to hear your child got the care they needed.
I've found that people often forget to call their state senator or assemblyperson. It has consistently amazed me how quickly a large company that's sitting on their butts about a topic will move lickety-split once their Government Affairs and/or PR teams are on the thread...
Another tip from having worked at a regulated entity: a physical letter to the CEO mailed to HQ creates a mandatory-response paper trail that will produce a very, very different (better) outcome than e.g. asking to talk to a supervisor while on a call that's not going well.
I've found that people often forget to call their state senator or assemblyperson. It has consistently amazed me how quickly a large company that's sitting on their butts about a topic will move lickety-split once their Government Affairs and/or PR teams are on the thread...
Another tip from having worked at a regulated entity: a physical letter to the CEO mailed to HQ creates a mandatory-response paper trail that will produce a very, very different (better) outcome than e.g. asking to talk to a supervisor while on a call that's not going well.