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Welcome to the United States where you find out the pricing for a medical service 6 months after receiving the service, then keep finding out about it for anoth
by kinkrtyavimoodh 7y ago
Welcome to the United States where you find out the pricing for a medical service 6 months after receiving the service, then keep finding out about it for another year, random bill upon random bill.
- kortilla 7y agoThis is how cabs work in many countries.
- kinkrtyavimoodh 7y agoPresumably the rate chart of the cab is known. It's not a random number that springs on you months after the ride with no real logic other than 'this is how it be'.
- herval 7y agoThat’s not what the flexible rate is either? You won’t pay for a ride 6 months after it, you’ll pay per mile, like Taxis
- gumby 7y agoExcept the driver has discretion to choose a path and it’s easy to take a longer route when the passenger is not a local. Likewise it’s easy for hospitals in the US to pad their charges arbitrarily (e.g. $50 for a Tylenol/Panadol tablet, a genuine example)
- maerF0x0 7y agoMany cities Taxis had upfront pricing. You just had to do the math yourself. it would like something like 2.60 to enter the cab, 2.00 per mile, or 50c per minute thereafter. https://www.seattle.gov/your-rights-as-a-customer/file-a-complaint/taxi-for-hire-and-tnc-complaints/taxi-fares-how-much-does-a-ride-cost https://www.seattle.gov/your-rights-as-a-customer/file-a-com...
- Keverw 7y agoSad thing is, some people even get billed twice for the same service too and might not even be paying attention fully to notice either. Someone I know almost mistakenly paid twice because of a double billing error. Then I seen on a TV commercial, some college has an entire degree on medical coding and billing... Not sure why tech isn't being used to help, seems insane you have to go to college just to learn how to bill people properly and then probably still end up making mistakes.