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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by fukka42 on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @03:24PM (#45737679)
It's hilariously out of touch, but it's what you should expect from the HN bros. They live in a bubble.

I'm from the eu and earn far less than these American techbros do, but far more than my American friends who work normal jobs. They work at the DMV, a supermarket, or general office work. You know, normal people. The vast majority.

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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by smaudet on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @03:50PM (#45738119)
Yeah, just because the US has 300 billionaires that does not make the median salary anywhere near six figures.

In fact it's quite low, somehow people are expected to survive on several thousand a year, after the rent, utilities, transport costs are all paid.

https://www.fool.com/money/research/average-us-income/

These are official stats, but unofficial employment puts the number lower:

https://investorshangout.com/carlyle-group-unveils-alarming-...

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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by tptacek on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @05:06PM (#45739185)
It helps to understand the difference between the mean and the median.
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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by georgeecollins on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @07:43PM (#45740806)
I agree I am not in any way representative. But the forum is hacker news, not my day at WalMart.
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