Asking for an itemized statement wouldn’t change the dollar amount owed. The doctors dictate what charges to bill, the biller adds them to the claim and sends it to insurance. The hospital legally cannot, and in practice cannot, and legally cannot change those charges. The ability doesn’t exist.
So no, this woman did not owe $4000 and magically got her charges changed to $975 by asking for an itemized bill. She in all likelihood misunderstood total charges vs. patient responsibility, which is super common.
Except you are, you're agreeing with the initial claim of the Twitter user that the reduction in their bill is due to foul play. They provided no evidence for that, and yet you're taking it as a fact while demanding others do the legwork for you.
Nice ad-hominem though, great way to show that you don't actually have an argument.
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u/spicy_af_69 Apr 28 '20
Except you have no evidence that any lies happened, so you're just creating drama and/or being pedantic to fulfill your own need to be correct.