2 posts tagged ‘America’
Get a peek into the odd life of the American suburbanite with Best of Nextdoor
Boing Boing,
If there's one thing I love, it's strange, niche Twitter (formerly X) accounts. They're one of the only reasons I stay on the site, whether it be showing off the best British stadium food has to offer or showcasing terrible medical opinions- but Best of Nextdoor might be my favorite yet. — Read the rest
Hospitals illegally refusing to provide itemized bills
Hospitals are required by law to send an itemized bill on request within 30 days. When Mike Masnick received an $8,455 bill for getting a minor cut stitched in the emergency room, though, Dignity Health/CommonSpirit refused to do so. Masnick reports that it repeatedly ignored verbal requests after promising to fulfill them, sent inappropriate forms with no instructions on how to file them, gave him fake addresses to send it to when he asked, and refused to speak on the record when it learned he was a journalist. — Read the rest