re: Arkansas hospital lawyers up, sues for medical debt

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Hospitals raping insurance companies just because they can is out of control.

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Hospitals and insurance companies come to an agreement of what's paid (under contract), no matter what the hospital charges on paper. A hospital may charge $900 for a service, but the insurance may cover a portion, $280 for example. And there are laws stating if you're in-network, the hospital can't go back on the patient for the remainder of that charge. I went through a lot of this recently, and the insurance company explained all of this to me.