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pluralistic@mamot.fr ("Cory Doctorow") wrote:
Unsuspecting patients who went in for routine surgery a hospitals that were in-network for their insurer would get a rude awakening from sedation: "surprise bills" running to tens or hundred of thousands of dollars. PE groups did the same thing with emergency rooms, so that people experiencing serious medical emergencies who had the presence of mind to insist upon being brought to an in-network ER nevertheless got hit with life-ruining surprise bills:
https://pluralistic.net/2022/03/14/unhealthy-finances/#steins-law
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