a great police department. i m here to say you re wrong. this is not the end. this is the beginning. i got a hunch that s true. most of the commissioners said they wanted to wait until the results of an independent investigation before deciding lee s fate. most of the country has already passed judgment on that police department but the commission not jumping in line with that one. so interesting call. as for george zimmerman himself, his whereabouts, of course, are still unknown and defense attorneys for understandable reasons plan to keep it that way. they say he ll move to several different locations as a way to remain safe and under ground. matt gutman has more from sanford. reporter: this may be the last we see of george zimmerman for months. he marched stone-faced out of the seminole county jail into his bondsman s car. the sole sign of the tumultuous past two months, the outline of this bulletproof vest. zimmerman s attorney telling abc news his client has received a s
you can also talk to your doctor but often doctors don t even know how much the hospital will bill. hospitals argue that fixing a human isn t like fixing a car. they can t just set fixed prices. but dr. shaw says they should at least be able to tell you if your bill is going to be $500 or $50,000. dan harris, abc news, new york. unbelievable. listen to this one. california hospital charged $1,500 bucks for an appendectomy and a different county hospital in california charged $182,000 for the same procedure. i don t understand how that kind of disparity is even possible. that s crazy. and you talk about the cost of health care these days gives credence to the whole health care reform push on capitol hill. something has to be done. you ll start haggling. give me a gallbladder and procedure to be named later and like you are buying a car. more after this. stay with us, everybody. announcer: abc s world news
famous quadruple bypass burger. talk about living up to your name. this joint does it. 6,000 calories in one of those burgers. we ve got to get one of those here on the set. please. later this half hour, we ll take you on a real joy ride courtesy of the albuquerque police department. they hid cameras in the car, left the keys in the ignition on purpose. take a look. see who took advantage of this and got caught. teen joy ride. ever do anything bad when you were a teen? i never did anything like that. how about yourself? and we ll move on. statute of limitation is up. i hope. i hope you re right. first note of business this morning, a surprising vote of confidence for the police chief at the center of the trayvon martin case. bill lee has been criticized for not initially charging neighborhood watch captain george zimmerman. he was prepared to step down as chief but the city commission rejected the resignation. somebody s got to stand up for our city. somebody s got
got to have a plan. what are you going to do? i don t know. we ve got to [ bleep ]. if the cops come i ll be [ bleep ] running for my life. reporter: so what s the plan? one idea, torch the stolen car in the arroyo or even blame it on someone else. this is grand theft auto. oh, my god. if you get asked, none of us did it. it was some other [ bleep ] and we got in the car and left. reporter: but it doesn t take long for the mood to change when the kids see lights in their rear-view mirror. the end of a ride they won t soon forget. oh, my god. it s a cop. that s a cop. that s a cop. get your hands up. let me see your hands. get your hands up. dude, it s a cop. did you see his face? he was nervous. he turned white. they were all arrested. trust me, officer rob nelson is on the case. look at you, rob.