Posts : 1513 Join date : 2013-02-15 Age : 73 Location : Pensaclola, FL
Subject: Re: Here's a link you will want to bookmark! Fri May 10, 2013 1:29 pm
A LOT of the difference is the illegal aliens and non working people that NEVER pay and the hospital adds those charges to everybody elses bills. Most of the charges are in the ER's where nobody is turned away..
Eric
Posts : 9738 Join date : 2012-07-30 Age : 73 Location : Pensacola
Subject: Re: Here's a link you will want to bookmark! Fri May 10, 2013 1:46 pm
Jake92 wrote:
A LOT of the difference is the illegal aliens and non working people that NEVER pay and the hospital adds those charges to everybody elses bills. Most of the charges are in the ER's where nobody is turned away..
I never thought of West Florida Hospital as serving many indigents, though. Baptist... yes.
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Posts : 112 Join date : 2012-07-30 Age : 72 Location : Pensacola
Subject: Re: Here's a link you will want to bookmark! Fri May 10, 2013 2:52 pm
This story is very detailed and explains how hospitals come up with their charges. It is an article from last February: