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To: bentway who wrote (760116)	12/30/2013 1:52:26 AM
From: i-node	1 Recommendation Recommended By steve harris Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575622

>> Why is a hospital any different? Why not fix the dumb system? I'm totally in favor of solving the problem. But to solve it the first step is to totally, 100% get government out of the health care business. Medicare, totally privatized. And I really don't know how you do that with liberal nutjobs all over the place. It is worth remembering that prior to Medicare, hospitals hand-typed the bill for services and there were no writeoffs or "adjustments". You just paid the damned bill on your way out. And it was affordable. Four days in the hospital in June, 1965 would cost you maybe $200. No one needed health insurance. It was your government who fucked the entire thing up. So, you want to fix it? Get rid of Medicare. I'm good with that.

To: bentway who wrote (760116)	12/30/2013 3:18:11 PM
From: THE WATSONYOUTH	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575622

If you took your car to have the oil changed, and they charged you $500, and itemized things like a rag costing $10, you wouldn't think too highly of that, would you? Even if you could argue them down to $29.95 ............if they give you an itemized invoice that lists things they don't actually do (just to total to what they want to charge you) you can get a partial refund. .......The itemized bill will say something like "up to 5 quarts of xxx motor oil" and then charge you for 5 at $3.90/quart .It's right there on the invoice....... even though my (your) car only takes 3.8 quarts. .also is the fact that they list filling your wiper fluid as a N/C but there is a $1.50 entry in the itemized column....then they also list disposing of the old filter at N/C even though there is another $1.50 entry in the itemized column. Tell them you just filled the wiper fluid, want the old filter to dispose of it on your own and that you will only pay for 3.8 quarts and you can get nearly $8 back. Nothing they can do since it all right on their own invoice. If they resist......file a formal complaint with whatever organization (DMV in N Y) that monitors these places. They will have to not list prices for the itemized items (change their invoice scheme) or lose.