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10. I don't understand how you can walk into a business and then

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Thu May 25, 2023, 07:45 AM

May 2023

Someone tells you that one person doesn’t work for them and is a lot more expensive to see. They are basically defrauding patients and insurance companies.

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This company made billions by surprise-billing helpless ER patients. Then justice arrived [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd May 2023 OP

One more reason we need Medicare for All. Lonestarblue May 2023 #1

But how, then, will they afford the skyscrapers, corporate jets, and resorts? Hermit-The-Prog May 2023 #4

...and politicians. 2naSalit May 2023 #7

Or SCOTUS (in)Justices? Jerry2144 May 2023 #15

Had an operation in Canada, +3 dr appointments. Never saw a bill, not a penny out of pocket. nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2023 #5

MfA would be another FOR-PROFIT, capitalism-based plan. Hortensis May 2023 #17

Only someone who has never dealt with Medicare ExWhoDoesntCare May 2023 #19

I've been on original Medicare for over 8 years and have no issues with it. Lonestarblue May 2023 #20

I bet I know which firm represented Envision DFW May 2023 #2

dewey, screwem, and howe llc rampartc May 2023 #14

After a recent ER visit, Deminpenn May 2023 #3

Evil Joinfortmill May 2023 #13

Wouldn't go that far, but Deminpenn May 2023 #22

"just sending out a bill hoping to dupe the patient " Just damn, they stop at nothing uponit7771 May 2023 #21

Shocked, shocked: the lampreys and hookworms of private equity doing their thing hatrack May 2023 #6

Seems like a terrible business model actually. Takket May 2023 #8

Because there is a twofold idea behind this. OldBaldy1701E May 2023 #11

These leeches deserve the deepest depth of hell. dalton99a May 2023 #9

I don't understand how you can walk into a business and then Renew Deal May 2023 #10

WTHF? Capitalism at it's unholy greediest - phucking ill people. Now that's really sick. Joinfortmill May 2023 #12

Amazing what an effective, enforced, well targeted law can do. How'd they get it past the GOP? marble falls May 2023 #16

Just encountered this when my husband needed emergency surgery Ritabert May 2023 #18