• NocturnalEngineer@lemmy.world
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      They’d charge you for being present in the room, let alone receiving consultation. If they can bill it, they will.

      Reminds me of the innkeeper from Les Misérables

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        After surgery while recovering in a teaching hospital the doctors came through with a boatload of residents who did nothing but watch and listen. I later found out that every single one of those residents billed for each visit.

      • SokathHisEyesOpen@lemmy.ml
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        Yes, and then the credit reporting agencies ignore your disputes for months, or possibly forever, and in the meantime anything you try to finance will cost more, if you can get it at all.