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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by tptacek on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @05:04PM (#45739162)
Where in their comment do you see them referring to hospital care?
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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by DennisP on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @07:23PM (#45740620)
The article, talking about a patient's hospital visit, mentions "the $31 low-dose aspirin, of which they'd given him four."
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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by tptacek on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @07:29PM (#45740687)
Ahh, good callout. Thanks!
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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by davidcbc on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @05:59PM (#45739794)
I'm capable of understanding context.
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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by GuinansEyebrows on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @05:12PM (#45739276)
i think in this case, if you're at all familiar with what US hospitals charge for the small stuff, it's a safe assumption that when someone says aspirin costs $30 a dose, they're not talking about buying it at a CVS. of many folks on hacker news dot com i trust you to bridge that gap instead of nitpicking!
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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by tptacek on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @05:16PM (#45739324)
That's an odd argument to make in this thread, because whatever the drivers of burdensome consumer health spending are, they're not overpriced hospital aspirin.
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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by GuinansEyebrows on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @05:51PM (#45739691)
maybe so; it's a symptom, not a cause.
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