Originally Posted By: Mark79100
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I had an operation for a benign prostate condition last year that contrary to the prognostics of the urologist, was unsuccessful. Now with my wife being sick, I owe $9500. $7000 to the hospital and $2500 to the urologist. Well, I actually paid off $500 so far to the urologist. I'm going to ask for financial assistance from the hospital.


Beaky.....are you aware that hospitals charge insurance companies a different rate than they charge people like yourself? And that, if you're paying out-of-pocket, most hospitals will negotiate to a lesser fee rather than not get their money at all. That's what hospitals "don't want you to know!"


Thanks. I will negotiate hard, and send pictures of my family in rags.

For those interested in the keyboard part of this thread, I picked up the optional wooden stand and three footswitches for this keyboard.

I'll review it when I get it and play it for a while.