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Ben Owen

πŸ‘€ Speaker
2474 total appearances

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The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

is it not Medicare fraud to change this diagnosis from palpitations to conduction delay unspecified, knowing full well that, yes, they mean the same thing, but Medicare will only pay for conduction delay unspecified, not palpitations. And I sent that in an email with those exact words. They knew I was firing shots at them.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

is it not Medicare fraud to change this diagnosis from palpitations to conduction delay unspecified, knowing full well that, yes, they mean the same thing, but Medicare will only pay for conduction delay unspecified, not palpitations. And I sent that in an email with those exact words. They knew I was firing shots at them.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

Like, I'm telling you, I know you are breaking federal law right now, and I'm not going to do it. And I want you to reply to this email and tell me in writing that you want me to do it. Two of us sent that email. My buddy actually... was the whistleblower that got a few million dollars when they got fined. I went back to that little side hustle I had because I wanted to start my own business.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

Like, I'm telling you, I know you are breaking federal law right now, and I'm not going to do it. And I want you to reply to this email and tell me in writing that you want me to do it. Two of us sent that email. My buddy actually... was the whistleblower that got a few million dollars when they got fined. I went back to that little side hustle I had because I wanted to start my own business.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

Like, I'm telling you, I know you are breaking federal law right now, and I'm not going to do it. And I want you to reply to this email and tell me in writing that you want me to do it. Two of us sent that email. My buddy actually... was the whistleblower that got a few million dollars when they got fined. I went back to that little side hustle I had because I wanted to start my own business.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

I wanted to be self-employed. This is the only way in my mind I could stay sober the way Ben had to stay sober, which is I need to just work for myself and create my own culture at my job. And so I ended up – I ended up making a lot of eBay listings of some computer and server gear that I'd had laying around. But it's dawning on me. Like, I just went from making a lot of money to zero income.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

I wanted to be self-employed. This is the only way in my mind I could stay sober the way Ben had to stay sober, which is I need to just work for myself and create my own culture at my job. And so I ended up – I ended up making a lot of eBay listings of some computer and server gear that I'd had laying around. But it's dawning on me. Like, I just went from making a lot of money to zero income.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

I wanted to be self-employed. This is the only way in my mind I could stay sober the way Ben had to stay sober, which is I need to just work for myself and create my own culture at my job. And so I ended up – I ended up making a lot of eBay listings of some computer and server gear that I'd had laying around. But it's dawning on me. Like, I just went from making a lot of money to zero income.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

My wife is a stay-at-home mom. I have two kids. You know, I'm T-ball coach. I'm Cub Scout leader. Like, I got a lot of responsibilities and no money coming in. So I'm going through my garage trying to figure out what can I do, what can I do, what can I do? And there's a broken flat screen TV in my garage. I was like, I'm going to find a screen and fix that thing and sell it.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

My wife is a stay-at-home mom. I have two kids. You know, I'm T-ball coach. I'm Cub Scout leader. Like, I got a lot of responsibilities and no money coming in. So I'm going through my garage trying to figure out what can I do, what can I do, what can I do? And there's a broken flat screen TV in my garage. I was like, I'm going to find a screen and fix that thing and sell it.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

My wife is a stay-at-home mom. I have two kids. You know, I'm T-ball coach. I'm Cub Scout leader. Like, I got a lot of responsibilities and no money coming in. So I'm going through my garage trying to figure out what can I do, what can I do, what can I do? And there's a broken flat screen TV in my garage. I was like, I'm going to find a screen and fix that thing and sell it.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

Because this is back when a 37-inch TV was $2,000 or whatever they were. And I get on eBay and there's literally no screens for these TVs anywhere. And I'm like, well, that's weird. There's no aftermarket parts available. Me being me, always thinking of a hustle, I took the TV apart and listed all the parts on eBay for sale. It was working because I knew they worked.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

Because this is back when a 37-inch TV was $2,000 or whatever they were. And I get on eBay and there's literally no screens for these TVs anywhere. And I'm like, well, that's weird. There's no aftermarket parts available. Me being me, always thinking of a hustle, I took the TV apart and listed all the parts on eBay for sale. It was working because I knew they worked.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

Because this is back when a 37-inch TV was $2,000 or whatever they were. And I get on eBay and there's literally no screens for these TVs anywhere. And I'm like, well, that's weird. There's no aftermarket parts available. Me being me, always thinking of a hustle, I took the TV apart and listed all the parts on eBay for sale. It was working because I knew they worked.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

The only thing that was wrong with that TV was the screen was broken. Wake up the next day and there's 400 bucks in my PayPal account. I had sold every part out of that TV that was basically from a dumpster overnight. And so I went to a TV parts place in Memphis, a TV repair shop in Memphis, and asked them if I could buy broken screen TVs from them. And they're like, why would you want to do that?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

The only thing that was wrong with that TV was the screen was broken. Wake up the next day and there's 400 bucks in my PayPal account. I had sold every part out of that TV that was basically from a dumpster overnight. And so I went to a TV parts place in Memphis, a TV repair shop in Memphis, and asked them if I could buy broken screen TVs from them. And they're like, why would you want to do that?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

The only thing that was wrong with that TV was the screen was broken. Wake up the next day and there's 400 bucks in my PayPal account. I had sold every part out of that TV that was basically from a dumpster overnight. And so I went to a TV parts place in Memphis, a TV repair shop in Memphis, and asked them if I could buy broken screen TVs from them. And they're like, why would you want to do that?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

And I told them, they're like, we need a new source for parts. That's a great idea. And so then next thing I know, I'm buying broken TVs from every repair shop in Memphis. I'm running ads on Craigslist and buying broken TVs. I started this business in my garage in 2009. That's when everything fell apart with the medical device companies, 2009.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

And I told them, they're like, we need a new source for parts. That's a great idea. And so then next thing I know, I'm buying broken TVs from every repair shop in Memphis. I'm running ads on Craigslist and buying broken TVs. I started this business in my garage in 2009. That's when everything fell apart with the medical device companies, 2009.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

And I told them, they're like, we need a new source for parts. That's a great idea. And so then next thing I know, I'm buying broken TVs from every repair shop in Memphis. I'm running ads on Craigslist and buying broken TVs. I started this business in my garage in 2009. That's when everything fell apart with the medical device companies, 2009.