They don't validate your parking for you when you leave?
this post was submitted on 18 Aug 2025
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Wjy would they do that if they can just charge you for parking? Hospitals are the most nickle and dime obsessed industry in America, and you are shocked that they are nickle and diming people?
All of the hospitals and medical facilities in my city validate parking for patients.
Lucky you.
I don't drive. It doesn't affect me at all. I think maybe you should try asking if they'll do it for you next time.
I am unfortunately very familiar with the policies of my local hospitals due to having multiple chronic conditions. They only partially reduce parking prices if you have a visit that lasts 4 hours or longer. At least, that's the case for the hospital which I regularly have appointments which last that long. The other hospitals won't provide any parking validation. Insult added to injury.
I remember when I lived in a smaller town and had never experienced having to pay for parking at a hospital. I read on reddit somebody commenting from the UK about having to pay for parking at hospitals and I thought it was absolutely barbaric. Everybody downvoted me because apparently it's normal. Now I know better. It's normal. Barbaric, but normal.
Paying for paying isn't the problem. Americans expecting free parking is why we're so cooked with climate change. The problem is how much we're paying for the (crappy) healthcare.
We're talking about hospitals. Access to hospitals should be free.
Agree, there is a torment nexus of urban planning design and healthcare that creates this hell scape where parking for malls is free but you have to pay to park for healthcare.
It should be reversed and the hospital could have a much smaller parking lot because it's assumed most people won't arrive by car.
Most hospitals don't.
All of the hospitals and medical facilities in my city validate parking for patients.
You're city is not the norm (or perhaps mine)
Hyd does that work for people who don't have smart phones?!
In Sweden I travel free with public transport when showing my appointment letter. When I donate blood there are reserved (free) parking slots close to the entry and I get compensated for car milage