{"id":385276,"date":"2010-03-02T23:40:21","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T04:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.disinfo.com\/?p=23794"},"modified":"2010-03-02T23:40:21","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T04:40:21","slug":"have-you-ever-been-billed-1000-for-a-toothbrush-in-a-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/385276","title":{"rendered":"Have You Ever Been Billed $1,000 For a Toothbrush in a Hospital?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/video\/?\/video\/health\/2010\/03\/01\/cohen.health.care.bills.cnn\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/tag\/cnn\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag\" rel=\"tag nofollow\" title=\"Posts tagged with cnn\">CNN<\/a><\/a>, a medical billing advocate shows Elizabeth Cohen some of the wasteful charges she\u2019s seen in bills:<\/p>\n<p><object id=\"ep\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"416\" height=\"374\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/cnn\/.element\/apps\/cvp\/3.0\/swf\/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&amp;videoId=health\/2010\/03\/01\/cohen.health.care.bills.cnn\" \/><embed id=\"ep\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"416\" height=\"374\" src=\"http:\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/cnn\/.element\/apps\/cvp\/3.0\/swf\/cnn_416x234_embed.swf?context=embed&amp;videoId=health\/2010\/03\/01\/cohen.health.care.bills.cnn\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<div id=\"crp_related\">\n<h3>Possibly Related Posts:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/2010\/02\/25\/140-year-old-hot-dog-discovered-in-coney-island.html\" rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"crp_title\">140 Year Old Hot Dog Discovered in Coney Island<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/2010\/03\/01\/body-from-scratch.html\" rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"crp_title\">Body From Scratch<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nw0.eu\/2010\/01\/21\/rep-ron-paul-weighs-in-on-the-state-of-the-nation.html\" rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"crp_title\">Rep. 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