RvLeshrac commented on Hospital Sends $29,000 Bill To Parents Of Murdered College Student

"@H3ion: The question of billing has less to do with the bill and more to do with the actual cost of care. Hospitals routinely charge $2/ea for OTC aspirin tablets, $5+ for a pair of OTC latex gloves, and we're supposed to think that the bill we get is 'fair'?"

RvLeshrac commented on Hospital Sends $29,000 Bill To Parents Of Murdered College Student

"@Quatre707: Hear, hear."

RvLeshrac commented on Hospital Sends $29,000 Bill To Parents Of Murdered College Student

"@madanthony: No, I think people understand that this wasn't a "willful" screwup. What's at issue is that they sent a letter to a deceased person."

RvLeshrac commented on Hospital Sends $29,000 Bill To Parents Of Murdered College Student

"@pecan 3.14159265: www.childsplaycharity.org Corporate/Legacy sponsors often pay for medical equipment and staff."

RvLeshrac commented on Hospital Sends $29,000 Bill To Parents Of Murdered College Student

"@Hua Kul: I will grant that hospital administration and insurance companies are both made up of some of the sleaziest people you could imagine, but hospitals will typically reduce your bill based on your income."

RvLeshrac commented on Hospital Sends $29,000 Bill To Parents Of Murdered College Student

"@pecan 3.14159265: Excepting that in most other countries, the letter would never have been sent."

RvLeshrac commented on Microsoft Stores To Sell Bloatware-Free PCs

"@scootinger: That's funny, Netscape came with every machine for a dozen years."

RvLeshrac commented on Microsoft Stores To Sell Bloatware-Free PCs

"@RogerTheAlien: To quote Apple, "iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, iWeb."

RvLeshrac commented on Mother And Child Kicked Off Southwest Flight Receive Apology, Free Travel

"@sisepuede is the femmiest femme of them all: "I know it when I see it." - Potter Stewart 'nuff said."

RvLeshrac commented on Mother And Child Kicked Off Southwest Flight Receive Apology, Free Travel

"@ben: Out of 93,000 people, some 70,000 of them agreed with Southwest's decision. Here's the question: Should Southwest cater to the 23,000 and make $16mm+, or cater to the 70,000 and make $49mm+? Sounds like the "people who think that the flight should be run according to their preferences" are the ones keeping the airline in business, earning them the right to think the flight should be run according to their preferences."