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    HCA: It's Hospital Policy To Shakedown Patients Before They Leave

    It is hospital chain HCA's policy to "wrest as much cash as humanly possible out of patients before they leave the building," even if the patient hasn't yet recovered from major surgery. The bedside shakedowns occur before the for-profit hospital submits its claims to the insurance company, shifting the burden of payment from insurance companies to patients. Stephanie Mencimer wrote about her experience with HCA after her father underwent knee replacement surgery:

    Among the many hospital personnel who stopped in to see my father after surgery was a "financial counselor" from the billing office, who basically started stalking him from the minute he left the intensive care unit.
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    1:50 PM on Sun May 25 2008
    By Carey Alexander
    13,757 views, 128 comments

    Latest by ThomasD3: I still haven't paid my last hospital bill and we're still going over it: they billed me *** 45 *** times more »

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    Sucky Hospital Workers Launch Investigation Against Reader

    Longtime Consumerist reader and commenter AppTechie went through a real horror show after his 3 year old son fractured his arm. More »

    6:22 PM on Tue Oct 24 2006
    By Ben Popken
    335 views, 30 comments

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