Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k
by tptacek on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @03:59PM
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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
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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.