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- From: rcain@netcom.com (Robert Cain)
- Subject: Re: Doctor ripoff, or just reality?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov12.232224.4546@netcom.com>
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
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- Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 23:22:24 GMT
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- strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
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- : My complaint is the physician billing $300 for his service. I was separately
- : billed another $300 by Huntington for the facilities, so that's not included.
- : I was separately billed another couple of hundred bucks by the radiologist,
- : so that's not included either.
- :
- : My orthopedist charges $300 total for his service, X-ray, and his facilities
- : all included, and he is considerably more experienced and renowned than
- : the e.r. physician.
- :
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- David, do you honestly believe that your physician's overhead approaches
- that of a properly equipped ER on a per visit basis?
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- Bob
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