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Phoebe Loosinhouse

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Sun Sep-06-09 11:55 AM
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2. possibly, but there is another factor that does not get talked about too much

and that is that actual providers really stick it to the uninsured when it comes to prices charged for procedures, treatments, etc. So it's like a double insult, you can't afford insurance and then you are charged twice what a covered person would pay.

Some hospitals do negotiate, but I have heard many don't. You get the bill and you have to pay up. If you don't it goes to collection. Hence all the bankruptcies

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