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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by egorfine on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @03:12PM (#45737472)
> about how bad the American system is, you're really talking about a minority of its users

It sure seems that way if a wealth family with top level insurance can still get bankrupt by medical bills. Examples of that are right here in comments.

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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by tptacek on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @03:59PM (#45738289)
Are you referring to the comment that roots this thread?
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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by TheOtherHobbes on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @06:25PM (#45740076)
No need. It's a known phenomenon.

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2022/06/16/1104969...

https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/medical-debt/

https://www.marketplace.org/story/2024/03/27/health-and-weal...

As for income distribution

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gini-coef...

State GDP figures are skewed by high earners. The US is massively and systemically unequal, with far less economic mobility than the EU.

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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by tptacek on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @06:30PM (#45740126)
I asked a question about the comments on this thread. This isn't responsive to that question.
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