Kurt wrote --

Except most people don't request an itemized receipt and don't even know it's there.

I understand that hospitals even charge for each aspirin a person gets
now.
Joe
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Joe,

I understand that hospitals even charge for each aspirin a person
gets now.

That'll be $250 please. :P

Daryl

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JOE MACKEY wrote to KURT WEISKE <=-

I understand that hospitals even charge for each aspirin a person
gets now.

My son passed out because of heat exhaustion and low blood sugar, and was charged $45 for a 7 oz can of peach nectar. The physician who popped in, looked at his chart, and told the nurse to observe him for 30 minutes
charged $500 for the consult.

The bill ended up being close to $5000. For reasons unknown, my ex-wife
didn't tell them he had health insurance under me, didn't ask me to confirm
my health insurance, and put my minor son as the guarantor. He ended up getting all of the bills and demands to pay in his name.

When I clarified that he had insurance and to have them run it through, they did. It took over a year, and then I received a modified bill marked LATE -- FINAL NOTICE. A few days later, received a collections threat.

Idiots.


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Kurt,

When I clarified that he had insurance and to have them run it through, they did. It took over a year, and then I received a modified bill
marked LATE -- FINAL NOTICE. A few days later, received a collections threat.

Idiots.

That's like where the guy got a bill for $0.00 from this store. He
promptly tore it up and threw it out. Next month, he got a SECOND
NOTICE for the bill of $0.00 -- again, he tore it up, and threw it
out. Then, he gets a FINAL NOTICE, with a COLLECTIONS THREAT.

So, he sits down, and writes (wastes) a check for $0.00 and sends
it in. He received no further pleas from the store.

Daryl

... What do you mean QWK?? It took me over an hour to read and reply!!
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