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Senior Policy Correspondent @voxdotcom. Running a year-long project on emergency room billing. Help out by sharing your bill!

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    1. Sarah Kliff‏Verified account @sarahkliff 16 Oct 2017

      Thread. A year ago I got an astounding health care bill: $629 for a Band Aid delivered in an emergency room. (1/11)pic.twitter.com/9zZTNyOqLl

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    2. Sarah Kliff‏Verified account @sarahkliff 16 Oct 2017

      I started poking around. I learned about something called an “ER facility fee.” A base price for seeking any care in an ER setting. (2/11)

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    3. Sarah Kliff‏Verified account @sarahkliff 16 Oct 2017

      In the case of the $629 Band Aid, the bill broke down to $7 for the Band Aid and $622 for the facility fee. (3/11)https://www.vox.com/2016/5/13/11606760/emergency-facility-fees-american-health-care …

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    4. Sarah Kliff‏Verified account @sarahkliff 16 Oct 2017

      I’ve been obsessed with facility fees since. Hospitals keep them secret. How much are facility fees? Do they vary? How are they set? (4/11)

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    5. Sarah Kliff‏Verified account @sarahkliff 16 Oct 2017

      Today, I’m launching a big project to answer these questions. We are crowdsourcing a database of facility fees using YOUR bills. (5/11)

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    6. Sarah Kliff‏Verified account @sarahkliff 16 Oct 2017

      Facility fees are a small window into the biggest problem in American health care: our outlandish prices. (6/11)

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    7. Sarah Kliff‏Verified account @sarahkliff 16 Oct 2017

      Today, I wrote a story about a $25,000 bill for an MRI. That only happens in America. (7/11) https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/10/16/16357790/health-care-prices-problem …pic.twitter.com/cJ8iEoSyk9

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      Sarah Kliff‏Verified account @sarahkliff 16 Oct 2017

      We need help. Because these fees are secret, we need you to share your ER bills through our secure website: http://erbills.vox.com  (8/11)

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        2. Sarah Kliff‏Verified account @sarahkliff 16 Oct 2017

          I’ll use this data for a year long project on health care billing. We’ll bring transparency to one corner of American health care. (9/11)

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        3. Sarah Kliff‏Verified account @sarahkliff 16 Oct 2017

          Thank you, thank you, thank you so much in advance! So thrilled to see where this story goes (10/11)

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        4. Sarah Kliff‏Verified account @sarahkliff 16 Oct 2017

          And if you want to learn more about that $629 Band Aid, check out the first episode of The Impact! (11/11)https://www.vox.com/the-impact/2017/10/16/16387298/band-aid-er-bill-truth-american-health-care …

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        2. Ariella/donate to an abortion fund‏ @aBigMess 16 Oct 2017
          Replying to @sarahkliff

          why only ER facility fees? I get charged facility fees every single time I see my doctors because their offices are inside the hospital.

          5 replies 2 retweets 13 likes
        3. David Faris  🌊‏ @davidmfaris 16 Oct 2017
          Replying to @aBigMess @sarahkliff

          Also curious not to see @RosenthalHealth in this piece, since she basically wrote a whole book about this like five months ago.

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        2. DrJeremyTeuton‏ @DrJeremyTeuton 16 Oct 2017
          Replying to @sarahkliff @nayasala

          I don't want to hear one more "Health Care free market" argument while practices like this are tolerated

          1 reply 2 retweets 8 likes
        3. LvM‏ @Wistful_Thinkin 16 Oct 2017
          Replying to @DrJeremyTeuton @sarahkliff @nayasala

          But the corporations r making the regulations via cronyism. Corporations dont fear gov regulation, they fear open competition. Don't agree?

          1 reply 3 retweets 3 likes
        4. DrJeremyTeuton‏ @DrJeremyTeuton 16 Oct 2017
          Replying to @Wistful_Thinkin @sarahkliff @nayasala

          Regulations FOLLOW bad acts, until corps get enough money to buy legislation, then regs are used to limit competition, no longer capitalism

          1 reply 2 retweets 1 like
        5. LvM‏ @Wistful_Thinkin 16 Oct 2017
          Replying to @DrJeremyTeuton @sarahkliff @nayasala

          So the solution is to continue to allow them to protect themselves? IMO best punishment for bad acts is loss of customers/bankruptcy.

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        6. DrJeremyTeuton‏ @DrJeremyTeuton 16 Oct 2017
          Replying to @Wistful_Thinkin @sarahkliff @nayasala

          When did I ever suggest that bad actor should be allowed to continue? Universal healthcare! there can never be a free market in healthcare

          1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
        7. LvM‏ @Wistful_Thinkin 16 Oct 2017
          Replying to @DrJeremyTeuton @sarahkliff @nayasala

          Oh I see. Agree to disagree. In the long run I think that's worse for the poor. Would hate to see poor have DMV-like healthcare in 100 years

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        8. DrJeremyTeuton‏ @DrJeremyTeuton 16 Oct 2017
          Replying to @Wistful_Thinkin @sarahkliff @nayasala

          Look at the modern world, many examples where it works very well around, claims to the contrary are propaganda, Defending profit over people

          1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
        9. LvM‏ @Wistful_Thinkin 16 Oct 2017
          Replying to @DrJeremyTeuton @sarahkliff @nayasala

          Not propaganda. Just a well-intentioned opinion like yours.

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        1. Robin Pierce‏ @Wildmoonsister 16 Oct 2017
          Replying to @sarahkliff

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        1. Momma WayWay‏ @hot4E 16 Oct 2017
          Replying to @sarahkliff

          Son broke back.1 ER bill 15k who did some tests & sent him to trauma center which cost 50k! Total bill 4 broken back $250k! Stay of 2 days.

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        1.  🕸 💀Spookytron 💀 🕸‏ @Gabytron5000 16 Oct 2017
          Replying to @sarahkliff

          I'll dig up my last ER bill from a dislocated kneecap; I recall very expensive latex gloves itemized on my charges

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        1. Stephen Sawchuk‏ @Stephen_Sawchuk 16 Oct 2017
          Replying to @sarahkliff

          Fabulous idea. These numbers are entirely made up, the pricing system is so broken. Look forward to your analysis.

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        1. Dave‏ @Metabo_Dave 16 Oct 2017
          Replying to @sarahkliff

          My son was in ER for 15h due to pneumonia. Bill to insurance was $30K. Most outrageous thing I've ever seen in my life.

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        1. missi.‏ @thelionforreal 16 Oct 2017
          Replying to @sarahkliff

          i got one this year for $18k for a panic attack with CT scan, i think i still have the paper copy...

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        1. @jc00ke@mastodon.social‏ @jc00ke 16 Oct 2017
          Replying to @sarahkliff

          This is amazing! What's the best way to stay updated on the project? Is there, or will there be, an email list? RSS feed? Thanks!

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