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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by tracker1 on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @06:06PM (#45739866)
They keep the 20% that they don't pay out... what they do pay out, they get the invested fraction of, which is less than than what they paid out.

Even if they only get to keep up to 20%, doesn't mean they will pay a dime of what they can get away with not paying.

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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by tptacek on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @06:09PM (#45739890)
"What they do pay out they get the invested fraction of"?
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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by tracker1 on Tuesday October 28, 2025 @06:24PM (#45740061)
If an insurance company owns 20% of the service provider, they only make a fraction of what the insurance arm pays to the provider arm.
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