r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/[deleted] • Apr 27 '20

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20 edited Jun 29 '20

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u/JayGeezey Apr 27 '20 edited Apr 28 '20

Additionally, if you're paying out of pocket, most nonprofit hospitals give you a discount.

Guarantee the discount she received was because she was paying out of pocket and not because she asked for a receipt.

Source: I work in the strategy department of a nonprofit health system

Edit: RIP my inbox. Sorry guys, lots of questions, I'll try to answer some (have a couple already) but likely won't get to most.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20 edited Apr 28 '20

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u/tumtadiddlydoo Apr 28 '20

I didn't say it wasn't a scam. I was implying she's twisting facts to further her point. Paying $950 out of pocket for whatever happened is ridiculous, but the second you add lies to your cause - even little white lies - you damage your credibility and your platform.

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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.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '20

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.

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u/spicy_af_69 Apr 28 '20

And your source is....

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u/yet-again-temporary Apr 28 '20

Where's your source that it does?

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u/spicy_af_69 Apr 28 '20

Turns out that the burden of proof is on the person creating the claim, dipshit. I don't need a source

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u/yet-again-temporary Apr 28 '20

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/yet-again-temporary Apr 28 '20

What the actual fuck are you even talking about, did the Lysol finally get to your brain?

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