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To: baggo who wrote (98701)	4/30/2001 11:54:43 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 436258

I hope you get your wish.-eom-

To: baggo who wrote (98701)	5/1/2001 2:44:07 AM
From: S. maltophilia	Respond to of 436258

I'm just now getting the bills for some drive-thru surgery we had done. The surgeon only wanted $435 for his trouble. That compares to hospital items such as $138 for "suction tubing" (6' for $1.49, sterilized), $157.96 for a "laparotomy pack" (Baxter's version is $225 for a case of 10 online, less volume discount, $112 for "sod bicarb 50ml syringe",(how many grams of palladium did they spike that Arm & Hammer with???). Not to mention inflated pre-op charges to deal with a bunch of incompetent twits ("they're a self-pay, how do I enter that in the computer?") and padded operating room charges. I have a call in to the hospital billing people. Anyone know of a tactful way to get them to admit fraud without accusing them of it?