LPT REQUEST : I asked for an itemized bill but got the same superficial info again. We got an hospital bill which was something like this: +$8100 charges -$6050 insurance adjustment -$ 623 coinsurance -… various payments $338 amount due. We could already see this on the online account but we wanted to see the itemized invoice like how they got to $8K, what were the charges etc. Contacted the hospital and this is what we receiv…

Had a mental health crisis a couple months ago and now I have a $8,000 medical bill in collections. Hello, In February I was struggling mentally and did something stupid that got me sent to the hospital. I was not even there for 24 hours… but have no health insurance (currently working on it) and ended up with a bill of $8,000. I am doing better but it took a couple months to get my mental health back in check so now, July, I received a call i…

Not getting bill from Electrician local company. What to do? I had a company come for 30 min to my house to do some minor work. When I asked how much I owed them, they said I would be getting a bill via email in 1-3 days. Its been a week, I have texted/called the company twice but nothing. What do I do? submitted by /u/Incancio

California’s compromise ‘caste’ bill promotes democracy in more ways than one (RNS) — The fight to retool the bill brought thousands of South Asians into the political process. The post California’s compromise ‘caste’ bill promotes democracy in more ways than one appeared first on Religion News Service.

Roommate not able/willing to pay his share of the utilities bill Am I fucked out of $200+ here? Our lease ends this month, and I have been living with two roommates. When I first leased the apartment, I lived with two different roommates who were international students, so I took the utilities in my name and we split the costs each month 3 ways, as expected. One of my new roommates became a tenant last fall,…

Defense Bill’s Fate Teeters After G.O.P. Wedges In Social Issues Democrats said they could not support the measure after the House adopted a raft of social policy provisions, including limits on abortions, gender transition procedures and diversity training.

UK’s New Online Safety Bill Applies to the Metaverse, Lawmakers Agree The bill, nearing approval, has measures to prevent children from experiencing harm online.

G.O.P.’s Far Right Seeks to Use Defense Bill to Defund Ukraine War Effort The group’s proposals have no chance of passage, but they have further mired the military spending bill in a partisan fight and highlighted Republican divisions over the war.

Bill Gates explains why we shouldn’t be afraid of A.I. Gates cites how society reacted to previous advancements to make the case that humans have adapted to major changes in the past, and they will do so for AI as well.

A Second Round of the Lummis-Gillibrand Crypto Bill Elevates CFTC, Defines DeFi The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would take a back seat in a crypto oversight bill being re-launched by Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), which would require that crypto exchanges be overseen by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and all stablecoin issuers be regulated depository institu…

Hard Right Presses Culture War Fights on Defense Bill, Imperiling Passage Right-wing Republicans want to use the annual military budget and policy legislation, traditionally a bipartisan affair, as a tool to pick fights on abortion and other social issues.

LPT Request: At a group dinner, how can you say you’ll pay for your own bill if the understanding is splitting the bill equally? I mean, it’s not that uncommon that I’ll have to put 5€ – 10€ more than my fair share because of the heavy drinkers, fancy food pickers and sweet tooth enthusiasts who do multiple desserts. submitted by /u/phobetor00

Huge hospital bill, insurance wasn’t billed at all Today I got a hospital bill for almost $1k. It was for some bloodwork I got done months ago. My insurance at the time clearly wasn’t billed, and the insurance I got afterwards – which I remember the doctor’s office calling me about – didn’t get billed either. I’m now on a *different* insurance! (Love healthcare bureaucracy). I can take the hit, …

Using my bank’s bill pay for a credit card? Forgive me if this is a dumb question, or if it isn’t the place to ask… I would like to set up my bank’s bill pay to process payments to my credit card account. I think it will be easier/clearer (for me) to “push” payments from my bank rather than “pull” from another account. Should be easy – but I can’t seem to track down exactly what my cc …

Ron DeSantis May Have Vetoed Florida EV Bill For His Presidential Ambitions Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently killed an EV bill that would have saved Floridians a lot of money. While it was convenient that the move came just after former president Donald Trump gave a speech that railed on both DeSantis and EVs, Trump may not have been the reason for the vetoing of the bill at all. The … Read more…

I received the following letter(attached image) for a bill from a collections agency which I am seeing for the first time https://imgur.com/a/dj773Hy To provide some context, I once went to Carbon health earlier this year who probably sent a sample to quest diganostics. So it is plausible. However, this is the first time I am seeing this bill. I received other bills from carbon which I paid in full. But I never received this bill from quest diagnostics before. Now…

California’s caste discrimination bill is a vote for all civil rights (RNS) — In the fight for equal treatment under the law, one instance of discrimination is too many. The post California’s caste discrimination bill is a vote for all civil rights appeared first on Religion News Service.

Bill de Blasio and Chirlane McCray Are Separating Mr. de Blasio’s marriage helped fuel his campaign for mayor of New York, and his intense personal and political bond with his wife drew admiration and scrutiny.

UK Lords Pass Bill to Help Seize and Freeze Crypto Used for Crime The bill, introduced in September, now enters its final stages in Parliament.