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That's certainly the bullshit narrative the billing department vampires want to push on you (the whole medical system revolves around punting responsibility on
by mindslight 3y ago
That's certainly the bullshit narrative the billing department vampires want to push on you (the whole medical system revolves around punting responsibility on to someone else). But very rarely when you receive medical services is an actual contract being formed. Contracts require defined consideration, and some arbitrary numbers pulled out of a hat after the fact doesn't meet that bar.
- JohnFen 3y agoThat's the sort of case that needs to be made to a judge in the course of a lawsuit against the provider, then. Listen, I'm not saying that this is ethically or morally right. I'm just saying that's the way things actually are (in the US).
- mindslight 3y agoWhy would you proactively sue a provider over a billing issue? You mean a lawsuit from the provider, trying to substantiate the debt they claim you owe? I've no doubt that there is some assortment of corrupt laws bought by the medical industry that have enabled these blatantly abusive billing practices. But until shakedown victims actually force the issue and publicize it, then those corrupt laws continue to avoid scrutiny.