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DFW

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8. This two tier pricing is insane

Sun Dec 8, 2019, 05:45 AM

Dec 2019

When I had my heart attack in 2011, the bill came to $36,000, reduced for the insurance company to $26,000, of which I had to pay 10%. He is totally right about the MSRP system, and it is ONLY offered to insurance companies. I met a woman from Venezuela who was living in the USA in 2012. She was well-off, and told me that her mom was visiting from Venezuela and had a heart attack while she was in the USA. The hospital bill came to $75,000. She had $50,000 in a savings account the USA, which she offered the hospital. Their answer was that they could take it if she were an insurance company, but since she was a private individual, they had to insist on the full $75,000. Now THAT is perverted.

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David's $27,495 Appendectomy [View all] tomhagen Dec 2019 OP

Here in America, we value appendicitis... dchill Dec 2019 #1

Sad but true. sandensea Dec 2019 #5

U.S. health care priority is to profit off people. Whatever can be marked-up ... Auggie Dec 2019 #2

I noted a few things after watching the whole video customerserviceguy Dec 2019 #3

Granted, this was a long while back, but it does dugog55 Dec 2019 #4

Good news for him is that any more procedures he has this year LisaL Dec 2019 #6

I was laid off a month after Sept 11th and applied for emergency medicaid the Monday smirkymonkey Dec 2019 #7

This two tier pricing is insane DFW Dec 2019 #8

you won't believe this Snoopy 7 Dec 2019 #9