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Old 01-19-2011, 08:51 AM  
Sly
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Originally Posted by Spudstr View Post
medical/healthcare wouldn't cost as much if the companies who made the equipment/etc weren't greedy and setting high prices on equipment....
Right. I'm sure it's all the medical device companies...

Two or three years ago I needed a new wheelchair. I got in contact with this "recommended vendor." So I'm working with the guy, figuring out all the details, and I tell him "I can't pay more than $2500 for this, that's the absolute most." "No problem, no problem." So he comes to deliver my chair about a month later with a bill. He hands me a bill, it's $3500. Then he looks at it and says "oh wait, that's the bill if you are on Medicare, here is the correct one."

Bill still came out to $2800. Was not happy about that.

Anyway, the point of my story is... it's every company/person along the long chain wanting a piece of the pie and each one trying to figure out how to screw over the next person in line.
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