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Originally Posted by Sly
My insurance is paying $350 a month to rent a piece of equipment that costs $700. I have brought this up with them multiple times, they keep on renting.
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How do you know they're really paying $350 per month? Sure the bill may say that, but doesn't mean they really are. And who knows what kind of kick-backs, etc are going on behind the scenes.
As for hospital bills, they're pretty much fabricated to gouge people paying cash / have no insurance. Often one sees all sorts of crazy line itesms, such as $25 for an Aspirin, etc plus all sorts of charges that have nothing whatsoever to do with the stay...
There's no rhyme or reason to such billing other than to pad the costs into the stratosphere. Most people with even somewhat decent insurance pays nowhere near full price - many don't even examine the bills - they just pay their portion without much thought, preferring to put the whole episode behind them, and move on.