$129 for a box of Kleenex

November 14, 2006

Or in hospital-speak, a “mucous recovery system”. Other bizarre hospital overcharges.



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{ 2 comments }

1 Double-oh-bee November 14, 2006 at 1:08 pm

So that’s how they fund their black ops.

2 Anonymous November 14, 2006 at 4:32 pm

“Like the charge for newborn blood tests and a crib mobile. That stopped me in my tracks,” recalls Johnson. “As far as I know, my husband never had a baby.”

Reminds me how they once tried to bill a man for a C-section – this was on 7-on your side some time ago. The guy tried calling them, saying “I am a man”, but they refused to listen and then sent the bill to a collection agency. He had to call ABC to sort it out. Turns out to be mistaken identity – what a surprise. Do these people in billing know that science hasn’t yet found a way to make men pregnant.

As much as I hate lawsuits I think the guy should’ve sued them for doing a C-section on a man.

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