Comment on How do poor people in the states give birth without money?
codapine@lemm.ee 8 months ago
My son was premature and racked up 14 days in the NICU. The hospital (which is ‘legally a charity’ billed $250,000.00. We were low-income with no employer-provided medical insurance, so the state Medicare provider got to pay a reduced rate of that.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You can tell what hospitals charge to out-of-pocket paying patients is predatory bullshit because the instant they receive a lower offer from insurance or state Medicare they take that lower figure. They just charge you, the private person, whatever the fuck they feel like in the hopes you’ll just roll over and pay it unquestioningly.
A good first step into bullying medical providers into negotiating your bill is getting them to admit what insurance actually pays them.