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Unsteady_Tempo t1_iuk870i wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in A billing expert investigated her husband's ER bill. She was able to knock thousands off the charge. by 11ej25
See also discrimination. A business can have a pattern of discrimination due to institutionalized policies and practices and not because any one individual is making a conscious, nefarious decision to discriminate against a protected class
Unsteady_Tempo t1_iuk7v6q wrote
Reply to comment by blorpblorpbloop in A billing expert investigated her husband's ER bill. She was able to knock thousands off the charge. by 11ej25
It should be, if there's a pattern of it. The hospital admitted they coded it as a treatment of a fracture rather than a stabilizing splint. The patient didn't receive treatment of the fracture until the following day at a different, unaffiliated provider.
Shah received a letter from the hospital dated May 27 of this year, saying it had reviewed the records and discovered the bill was inappropriately coded: The hospital should have used the code for a splint, not a treatment. A month later, Shah got a new bill with a patient balance of $1,214.91 — $2,100 less than the original balance.
Unsteady_Tempo t1_iuk7jew wrote
Reply to A billing expert investigated her husband's ER bill. She was able to knock thousands off the charge. by 11ej25
There should be ongoing audits, ratings, and fines for every hospital and private practice. The rating would need to be posted publicly like restaurant inspection scores.
Unsteady_Tempo t1_iso7a6a wrote
Reply to comment by The_Great_19 in I really wanted to get a better look at them for, ehm, science, so here is the colorized/HD version of the two seamen from the 1940s posted by u/sexymess77 by NAAnymore
If you find a guy willing and able to squeeze into them, they're called Underwater Demolition Team (UDT) shorts and they're still made.
Unsteady_Tempo t1_iso6qg7 wrote
Reply to I really wanted to get a better look at them for, ehm, science, so here is the colorized/HD version of the two seamen from the 1940s posted by u/sexymess77 by NAAnymore
They're models in the 1960s.
Unsteady_Tempo t1_jdd4yed wrote
Reply to How do you rate your books on Goodreads? by pensieve64
It depends on what you hope to get out of the rating system. Are you doing it for more accurate personal recommendations or for being a reliable recommender of books to others? Or, for weighing in on what books are truly great and truly bad whether you or even most people would personally enjoyed them or not.
As for me, I use it for accurate personal recommendations. I have no problem giving low ratings to books even if I recognize they're well written or of some importance. Also, there's a "not interested" option in Good Reads' recommendation feature for books that I already know aren't my cup of tea.