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0 pointseqvinox4mo ago0 comments

> So the hospital had billed us for the master procedure and then again for every component of it.

Uh. Call me naïve, but how is this not fraud?

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It sounds like it would be only be fraud if the bill was submitted to Medicare/Medicaid. But, yes, that practice is morally bankrupt, even if they're getting away with up-charging on a technicality.

supertrope4mo ago

Fraud is knowingly deceiving others for material gain.

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0 pointseqvinox4mo ago0 comments

> So the hospital had billed us for the master procedure and then again for every component of it.

Uh. Call me naïve, but how is this not fraud?

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alistairSH4mo ago

It sounds like it would be only be fraud if the bill was submitted to Medicare/Medicaid. But, yes, that practice is morally bankrupt, even if they're getting away with up-charging on a technicality.

supertrope4mo ago

Fraud is knowingly deceiving others for material gain.

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