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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by 15155 on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @10:42AM (#45747492)
Which country do you live in that pays for gene therapies or other biologics?
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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by diob on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @12:10PM (#45748822)
I love that you're thinking this is what USA insurance companies are denying, not simple diagnostics / medications that save lives.
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Re:Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k by 15155 on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @12:16PM (#45748932)
The point is that there's a value judgment being made somewhere - who should be the arbiter and why?

Diagnostics aren't free, either: many (most?) countries do not have anything remotely resembling the private offerings that Quest Diagnostics and Labcorp provide (breadth of tests, 3+ different methodologies for some tests, etc.)

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