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Chicago filmmaker sheds light on hospital billing practices

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Filmmaker Rebecca Schanberg talks about her new documentary, "Do No Harm," which debuts tonight at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The film details how two Georgia men found their hospital overcharged the poor, and that the practice extends to Illinois.

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chicagoan 43 weeks 1 day ago
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Sure the hospitals will bill the poor 250,000 and take their house etc.
and for the same procedure bill a insured persons insurance company 35,000.
One price for all and a discount for cash would be fair, but who said hospitals are fair.

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