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$tinkle

$tinkle

Expert on blowing
Feb 12, 2003
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srsly, this shcyte's pissing me off:
article said:
When you look behind the bills that Sean Recchi and other patients receive, you see nothing rational — no rhyme or reason — about the costs they faced in a marketplace they enter through no choice of their own. The only constant is the sticker shock for the patients who are asked to pay.
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Pesqueeb

Pesqueeb

bicycle in airplane hangar
Feb 2, 2007
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Riding the baggage carousel.
The day I checked out of Penrose St Francis, (the first time) my bill was just north of 760k. IIRC insurance (my employer) paid something short of 300k. The head doc on the rehab floor actually thanked me for having insurance. A large reason these bills are so crazy is hospitals have to cover the cost of the uninsured. Got to make up the loss somewhere. They know these people are never going to be able to pay those bills so the insured person winds up paying 1.75 for an individual aspirin.
 
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stevew

stevew

resident influencer
Sep 21, 2001
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Pesqueeb said:
The day I checked out of Penrose St Francis, (the first time) my bill was just north of 760k. IIRC insurance (my employer) paid something short of 300k. The head doc on the rehab floor actually thanked me f
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does he send out christmas cards that say "get hit soon"...?
 
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