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Call it error if you will, but I know my mother's bill was settled for less than 10%. (And I've heard other similar stories, though I can't testify to their validity) I found this.......http://truecostofhealthcare.org/hospitalization/.....which reflects similar figures. In that pie graph, it...

Alabama started in 2013 requiring liability auto insurance. If you had a wreck prior to that, you'd be in trouble for not having it, but no law was enforced requiring you to have it. Of course, the insurance companies were behind the push for making it mandatory. In my opinion, a far better...

I'm not trying to be argumentative about it...I'm honestly curious as to how it's a justifiable practice. I have heard quite a few similar stories over the years, but don't know enough details to cite them.

I wouldn't know, as I am not a hospital accountant, but if they "can't" function at those costs, how do they justify it? I know it happened (my mother had a heart attack and a stint...not heart surgery). And Carl cited his example...$116k nettled for $4600-ish. And I know my example of our...

Imagine a guy selling $50 gift cards for $25. Sounds like a deal until you find out he buys them for $5 apiece. Are you still getting a "bargain"? That's up to you. But in light of the facts, he's scamming folks. (You're actually paying $20 to save $25) I've always thought it odd that if a...

EGGZACTLY!!!!!

I think he meant $4600...I remember it being a ridiculously low number. My mother had a heart attack back in 2000 I think it was, and the bill was over $112k. They settled for $10k-ish. Five to ten percent settlement (read 90%-95% discount) seem common for insurance companies. That's why I say...

That was one of the two incidents I was citing...heck, that's less than a 5% settlement... My point was, faced with a bill for $116k, you basically set up payments. If they openly said, on the other hand, if paid TODAY, it's $4600, I'd wager Carl would figure out how to make it happen!:D

I knew rates would increase and benefits decrease when O opened his piehole with his "plan". It was idiocy from the get-go. How can you force a company to insure those with known risks, and expect them to keep low rates? It would be economically impossible. I have no health insurance. I...