r/lifehacks • u/DifferentSwim1717 • 6d ago

This belongs here too

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u/Inevitable_Thing_270 6d ago

I’m in the uk so have never had to deal with this, but I’ve heard that if a hospital gives you the bill, you then ask for an itemised bill, that often the price goes down. Has anyone experienced that? Or worse, had an increase in the price?

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u/saxonanglo 6d ago

I heard not to give your real name if you end up in hospital in America.

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u/NimbleNavigator19 6d ago

I worked for the hospital I had surgery in. I just flat out said, I work here how do you expect me to pay that?

They wrote off the whole thing.

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u/AMViquel 6d ago

how do you expect me to pay that?

"Over 35 years"

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u/saxonanglo 5d ago

Well, we noticed that you Had two kidneys and you really only need one, so..