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eqvinox
8mo ago
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> 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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alistairSH
8mo 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.
supertrope
8mo ago
Fraud is knowingly deceiving others for material gain.
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