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Their baby died in the hospital. Then came the $257,000 bill.

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  1. patience_limited
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    Yesterday, we received the $100,000 in "out-of-network" bills for the spouse's heart valve replacement that all the parties said was in-network and covered. I can only empathize with the impotent...

    Yesterday, we received the $100,000 in "out-of-network" bills for the spouse's heart valve replacement that all the parties said was in-network and covered. I can only empathize with the impotent rage at a bloodsucking empire of for-profit leeches feeding on the U.S. healthcare system.

    11 votes
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    xstresedg
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    This shit is the reason I wouldn't want to live in the US. Not intending to offend Americans. I just can't understand living in a world like this, at least not in the modern world.

    This shit is the reason I wouldn't want to live in the US. Not intending to offend Americans. I just can't understand living in a world like this, at least not in the modern world.

    9 votes
    1. teaearlgraycold
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      The US is built to be very pleasant - if you're rich. It's a Ponzi scheme as a country. People are born here and hope to get fabulously wealthy so they stay and believe in the American dream....

      The US is built to be very pleasant - if you're rich. It's a Ponzi scheme as a country. People are born here and hope to get fabulously wealthy so they stay and believe in the American dream. People move here for the same reason.

      10 votes
  3. spit-evil-olive-tips
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    just another day in the greatest country on earth.

    just another day in the greatest country on earth.

    The letters, sent by the health plan Cigna, said she owed the insurer over $257,000 for the bills it accidentally covered for Alexandra’s care after Ms. Lane switched health insurers.

    In a response to that complaint, Cigna sent the Lanes a letter stating the notices were sent in error by a third party vendor called HMS, which the insurer uses to monitor overpayments to hospitals. The letters were meant only to “inform” the family about the continuing dispute with Mount Sinai, the Cigna letter said.

    The notices that the Lanes received both informed them of the debt and asked them to “pay in full” within 30 days, using a slip at the bottom of the letter meant to be sent back with payment.

    8 votes
  4. Seven
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    It's literally insane that the vast majority of our political establishment supports the system that causes this.

    It's literally insane that the vast majority of our political establishment supports the system that causes this.

    8 votes