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In response to "To have a malpractice suit you need to prove 4 things: One of them is having a responsibility to take care of that patient. If the patient is never " by James Bond (aka Igor)

Given some of the #'s we've seen here recently...maybe hospitals shouldn't let insurance companies off the hook so cheaply then

Posted by Will Hunting (aka kelly) Jul 1 '12, 15:15

i mean, didn't someone post a bill was $125k; the insurance got it down to 30k as a matter of course?

If you want money for services, starting with a 75% discount is a bad way to go about it is someone's paying.

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The true cost of things and how all that is negotiated has always interested me. However, those details are never revealed. Maybe as I climb the ranks - James Bond (aka Igor) Jul 1, 15:19 1
- Something I found out about that from my accident: Geico paid less than $100 for my ER visit, yet Blue Cross' negotiated fee was over $800. - CovingtonCat Jul 1, 15:34

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Given some of the #'s we've seen here recently...maybe hospitals shouldn't let insurance companies off the hook so cheaply then

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