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Why medical bills are killing us

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Eclectic Cyborg2/23/2013 3:49:19 pm PST

re: #2 EiMitch

Still in the middle of reading this. I’ve already got two comments so far:

1 - You are quoting wa-a-a-ay too much of the article here, EC.

2 - It wasn’t that long ago there was a debate in another lgf page over whether its reasonable to get price estimates over the phone. Here is why the “no” side is completely wrong:

In other words, the hospital has set those prices in advance. Even the “non-profit” hospitals do this. Our health is in the hands of f***ing thieves!

I’m surprised you say that, since it’s less than 3 pages of an 11 page article. I also wanted to quote a fair bit so that those who didn’t want to read the whole thing could at least get a sample of all it contained. There were a lot of things in it that shocked and saddened me so I felt compelled to share a fair bit of it.