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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Hospitals would often have two prices - the insurance price, and the cash price. If you told them that you didn't have insurance, the price could go down drastically from the estimate. Now they're required to charge the insurance company and the uninsured the same amount.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I believe that's always been the case, officially. It certainly was about fifteen years ago, when I worked in pharmacy. I know there are some ways that hospitals had of getting around it (like charging the full amount and putting it on a payment plan, but then immediately forgiving the remaining balance after one payment), but I don't think those loopholes have been closed even still.

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