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(852 posts)demmiblue
(36,865 posts)former9thward
(32,025 posts)A accounting write off for the hospital. The patient is not expected to and won't pay it.
Cousin Dupree
(1,866 posts)spooky3
(34,458 posts)will be paid by other patients. Far from "meaningless."
stopbush
(24,396 posts)Mosby
(16,319 posts)So yeah, he won't pay anything.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,855 posts)Oh, yet another lie?
I'm shocked.
SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)as in when you had to have a TEST.. of course, he knew that it was next to impossible to GET a test when he said that.
MarcA
(2,195 posts)When will people stop Believing?
Demsrule86
(68,586 posts)eligible for Medicare...Anthem Blue Cross plan...pretty high deductible but better than many on the market today...we usually are better off taking whatever plan his job offers...but as he is laid off, we are back on the Anthem plan. They are paying all deductibles and out of pockets associated with Covid 19 ...so we are quite fortunate. And two job interviews that are promising next week.
FirstLight
(13,360 posts)Hopefully Congress and the Biden Administration will pass bills that will provide relief and help to those who survive...
Survivors face a lifetime of continued physical issues, possibly even disability and then the economic fallout of not just hospital bills but lost wages. Just because this virus doesn't kill you doesn't mean you walk away scott free...
It's going to be a long haul to heal from this pandemic, as a nation.
virgogal
(10,178 posts)how would I know that this is true?