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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Poor people pay sales taxes, excise taxes, payroll taxes, property taxes, and what they don't pay directly is passed onto them by adding it to the rent and other costs. They need public services more but generally get worse services than middle and upper income people and neighborhoods. The legal system and court system never cut them any slack they way they do for rich people all the time. If you follow the money, even social programs that help poor people are designed and administered in a way to enrich drug companies, nursing home operators, and other medical companies, slumlords and developers, food manufacturers and retailers, etc.

Stop resenting poor people. They are not the ones living the high life with your money.  [/quote]
Then the poor people need to shut the hell up when we are in a doctor's office, and I've just gone through a big (and loud) discussion with the front desk about the cost for surgery and if we can work out a payment plan....and then sit down to have a patient announce to me...."I don't pay ANYTHING! The government pays the whole thing." Isn't that stupid of the poor person to say that, knowing that I'm trying to figure out how to afford this surgery? [/quote]

Why are you having a big, loud discussion about how to pay for surgery at the front desk? I worked in hospital billing for many years and nothing was handled in a public waiting room. It also kind of is hard to believe that both you and the "government" patient were discussing the exact same surgery at the same moment.[/quote]
Well, that's where the discussion was. And the poor patient wasn't having my exact surgery. I have no idea what her surgery was going to be. She just felt it necessary, after I was in shock over the cost of my surgery, to tell me that the government was paying for hers.[/quote]

I am sorry that happened. The hospital will work out a payment plan for you--they should be prepared to do that.[/quote]

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