Funny meme but there is no circumstance where doctors discuss pricing with patients unless it’s an insurance company denying services. The bill for a hospital stay comes from the administrators of the hospital, typically via mail, after the hospital encounter has completed.

I can still remember getting the ambulance bill (I think it was like $1k), calling and telling them that the life insurance check wouldn’t show up for another month, after my daughter died. Thankfully they said not to worry about it.

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How miserable and cynical humans can be