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   PID: Synchronet 3.19a-Win32 master/b81540481 May 18 2021 MSC 1928   
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   -=> JOE MACKEY wrote to KURT WEISKE <=-   
      
    JM>   I understand that hospitals even charge for each aspirin a person   
    JM> gets now.   
      
   My son passed out because of heat exhaustion and low blood sugar, and was    
   charged $45 for a 7 oz can of peach nectar. The physician who popped in,    
   looked at his chart, and told the nurse to observe him for 30 minutes    
   charged $500 for the consult.   
      
   The bill ended up being close to $5000. For reasons unknown, my ex-wife    
   didn't tell them he had health insurance under me, didn't ask me to confirm    
   my health insurance, and put my minor son as the guarantor. He ended up    
   getting all of the bills and demands to pay in his name.   
      
   When I clarified that he had insurance and to have them run it through, they    
   did. It took over a year, and then I received a modified bill marked LATE --    
   FINAL NOTICE. A few days later, received a collections threat.   
      
   Idiots.   
      
      
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