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I think there is an important point to be highlighted: We often blame the system for being expensive but in this case an individual doctor was able to say we wi
by Railsify 6y ago
I think there is an important point to be highlighted: We often blame the system for being expensive but in this case an individual doctor was able to say we will not collect. These decisions to charge patients a literal fortune for treatment probably always falls to an individual or small group of individuals. We should highlight this on billing documents, instead of "please pay XYZ hospital" the individual accountable for the largest share of the bill should be named: Dr. X is requesting payment of $500,000.
- programmertote 6y ago100% this. I wrote a separate comment in this thread cautioning people that this doctor, despite this charitable act, is probably not as charitable as we might think from reading a news article. If we dig deep into his clinics' billing practices, we might see lots and lots of bogus charges billed to the insurance companies (some of which might have to be paid by the patients with high deductible/co-pay in their insurance plan).
- Railsify 6y ago::fistbump:: The amount he wrote of was surely small compared to what he billed over his career. He also probably booked a loss after the write-off and claimed a larger amount to be returned on his taxes.