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MissJones
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Can I just say that hospitals have some nerve?
I was at LIJ and parked. An hour and a half later, $6 leaves my pocket. Seriously?  Am I so out of reality that I missed that that is the norm? 
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dandr10199
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Re: Can I just say that hospitals have some nerve?
Ummm...Yeah. Columbia Presby Hospital was $25 a day for anyone who wanted to visit me. We got ONE parking pass for DH's car for free parking when I had heart surgery there...that is it. My brother and SIL visited twice and it was $50 for them. It is really sleezy IMHO to make people pay outrageous amounts for parking at a hospital.
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| Posted 12/8/08 10:37 PM |
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SuperLRN
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Re: Can I just say that hospitals have some nerve?
I agree. The hospital I work in charges close to $35 to park in the valet. Its outrageous, some of our patients are there for quite a few days and it adds up quick.
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| Posted 12/8/08 10:40 PM |
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HoneyBadger
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Re: Can I just say that hospitals have some nerve?
That just seems crazy to me. I don't think they charge to park at the hospitals near me (Mather/St. Charles) or any that I've been in or to like Good Samaritan, Southside or Franklin General.
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| Posted 12/8/08 10:41 PM |
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CunningOne
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Re: Can I just say that hospitals have some nerve?
Its pretty much the norm!
When I go for my procedures, the receptionist in the department I am visiting always gives me a pass for free parking. I have to pay when visiting someone.
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| Posted 12/8/08 10:51 PM |
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RoleModel
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Re: Can I just say that hospitals have some nerve?
Posted by Jennie0898
That just seems crazy to me. I don't think they charge to park at the hospitals near me (Mather/St. Charles) or any that I've been in or to like Good Samaritan, Southside or Franklin General.
Stony Brook does.
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| Posted 12/8/08 11:13 PM |
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Holly
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Re: Can I just say that hospitals have some nerve?
out here, the hospital charges for parking for visitors...if you are a patient, they will validate in the hospital for you.
Or, if you are the new dad, you get a parking pass...
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| Posted 12/8/08 11:27 PM |
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Beth
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Re: Can I just say that hospitals have some nerve?
you can ask to have it stamped
I learned that after I racked up $25 in fees
I managed to aviod having to pay at winthrop
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| Posted 12/8/08 11:27 PM |
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sfp0701
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Re: Can I just say that hospitals have some nerve?
Posted by Beth1210
you can ask to have it stamped
I learned that after I racked up $25 in fees
I managed to aviod having to pay at winthrop
Really? I spent a fortune when my aunt was sick at winthrop! Who can get it stamped? Anyone?
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| Posted 12/9/08 7:39 AM |
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headoverheels
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Re: Can I just say that hospitals have some nerve?
i have visited people at winthrop and st. francis and i had to pay out the azz
but i delivered at south nassau in oceanside, i was there for 4 days and parking was free  so i got lots of visitors 
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| Posted 12/9/08 8:21 AM |
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sarahbelle
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Re: Can I just say that hospitals have some nerve?
When I delivered, DH was parked for 27 hours. The person collecting tickets only looked at the time, not the day, so he only got charged for 3 hours. I was really curious what the cost would have been!
(Hopefully the ticket taker didn't get in trouble for his mistake.)
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| Posted 12/9/08 9:59 AM |
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Blu-ize
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Re: Can I just say that hospitals have some nerve?
yep, that's normal. When my brother was at St. Francis for 2 months they gave the whole family parking passes.
At Jamaica I had to pay $8/day when I drove there.
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Re: Can I just say that hospitals have some nerve?
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| Posted 12/9/08 10:25 AM |
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HeatherRose
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Re: Can I just say that hospitals have some nerve?
thats cheap considering what I paid at Mt. Sinai in NYC. I think its $12 first hour, and then something like $28 for the day. It was insane. When my mom had her double lung transplant I was there everyday I spent close to $1,000 on parking alone.
edited to add we NEVER got a parking pass, no one was free, no matter what
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| Posted 12/9/08 10:29 AM |
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MissJones
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Re: Can I just say that hospitals have some nerve?
Posted by HeatherRose
thats cheap considering what I paid at Mt. Sinai in NYC. I think its $12 first hour, and then something like $28 for the day. It was insane. When my mom had her double lung transplant I was there everyday I spent close to $1,000 on parking alone.
edited to add we NEVER got a parking pass, no one was free, no matter what
THAT is friggin criminal! 
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| Posted 12/9/08 6:18 PM |
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Beth
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Re: Can I just say that hospitals have some nerve?
Posted by HeatherRose
thats cheap considering what I paid at Mt. Sinai in NYC. I think its $12 first hour, and then something like $28 for the day. It was insane. When my mom had her double lung transplant I was there everyday I spent close to $1,000 on parking alone.
edited to add we NEVER got a parking pass, no one was free, no matter what
same with MSKCC in the city
my Dad spent atleast $5K in parking
(my Mom was there for months at a time)
people would come around and offer to help pay for parking
but my Mom would always tell them to go help some who really needed it
that was just how she was
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| Posted 12/9/08 6:20 PM |
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mcl916
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Re: Can I just say that hospitals have some nerve?
What's even worse is that when I worked at Stony Brook you had to pay to park even though you were there to work!!! I paid $16 a month I understand in the city paying for parking, but in Stony Brook?? Ridiculous!
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| Posted 12/9/08 6:33 PM |
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HoneyBadger
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Re: Can I just say that hospitals have some nerve?
Posted by mcl916
What's even worse is that when I worked at Stony Brook you had to pay to park even though you were there to work!!! I paid $16 a month I understand in the city paying for parking, but in Stony Brook?? Ridiculous!
This I've heard of (my mom was offered a job there and this was one of the reasons she turned it down) but to pay for parking as someone visiting a patient, that I have never heard of.
Crazy if you ask me!
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