Hospital bills! Thanks to a new law that went into effect Jan. 1, you can comparison shop for procedures at different hospitals, but many aren't adhering to the new rules.
When you go to the hospital for a procedure, do you ever ask what it will cost? Kim Cromwell does because she's uninsured, and you might be surprised what she's found.
"I paid about $3,500 for a surgery that should - that bill through insurance would have been over $12,000," she said.
Cromwell got a cash discount simply by asking, which most uninsured don't know. And those with insurance don't take advantage of because they assume the costs will be covered.
It's something hospitals count on, according to Cynthia Fisher, founder of PatientRightsAdvocate.org, "because they're making way too much money keeping us in the dark, blindsiding us many times with overcharging or price gouging or up-charging."
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Many hospitals ignoring new pricing rules on hospital bills
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