Hospitals, in some cases, can charge a Medicare patient $3 for an inquiry but if you are uninsured the cost could run up to $160.
But, it soon became a strain for some healthcare practitioners.
For instance, according to The AP, a representative for the University of California San Francisco Health, said doctors received 3 million messages in one year and, as a result, subsequently informed patients that they will start getting charged for certain inquiries.
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