How to Not Go Broke When You Need Healthcare, With Journalist Dan Weissmann
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How to Negotiate a Charity Care Policy
Hospitals are all over the map about who qualifies for what kind of assistance. They know that, like trying to squeeze blood from a stone, is a crumby business model. So they'd rather write it off on the front end, if you can negotiate it with them,. than chase you for it and make your life miserable when you still can't pay it. I mean, sometimes, imean, we're in the casino. We have no idea what's going to happen but, you know, don't ask.
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