I HATE HOSPITALS!!!!!!!!!!(vent)

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masterofpuppets

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So, it's been almost a month since my surgery and darn near 2 since my first trip to the ER. As of this morning, I thought everything was paid (a total of $3041 out of my pocket). Well, today I got a letter in the mail saying I still owe $785.82 for the ER visit in July......WHAT?!?!?!?!? The letter said the following (exact)

"We have attempted to contact you various times via mailings and telephone calls (BULLCRAP I AIN'T GOT ONE SINGLE CALL FROM THEM). Please make payment in full within 10 days of the posting this bill. If payment is not made within the specified 10 days collection methods will be used."

I'M FREAKING PISSED! I called the hospital accounting office right away and the fun began. I first asked them what number they have for me on file. The lady I was talking to said "let me check.........*long pause*....I'm actually showing that we do not have a phone number for you on file". I told her to put that in writing and send it to me. So now the battle begins because everything was paid. I'm so pissed off right now.
 
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(BULLCRAP I AIN'T GOT ONE SINGLE CALL FROM THEM).
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That was in the notification letter?! Some Hospitals!

Anyway, I can feel for ya. When I was in High School I had to get leg surgery (I broke my leg as a child and apparently it didn't heal right.) and the bill came up to 2,000 some dollars! Well anyway, my family's insurance "paid" for all of it when all of a sudden the hospital calls our house and says that the insurance company only paid for three quarters of it. We got it all settled out, but that would've cost us a clean five hundred bucks for a mere mishap.

If need be Mop, you can take it to court. I can assure you there are hundreds of lawyers out their who would jump onto your case.
 
I'm about to that point. Keep in mind, this is after they damn near killed me because they gave me too much anesthetic during the surgery. Malpractice case anyone?
 
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I'm about to that point. Keep in mind, this is after they damn near killed me because they gave me too much anesthetic during the surgery. Malpractice case anyone?
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Exactly, there are literally (not really) 20 malpractice attorneys per every human alive. You can get a LOT of money out of this if you play your cards right. However, if the hospitals notifies you that they have made a mistake and they send apologies then I don't think there's anything to get riled up over.
 
That sucks, but hospitals are like that. In another case, my friend went to the hospital cuz he was told that he needed to take out his appendix or something, and after the surgery, he went back to ask what was wrong, and they were like, "It seems as if nothing was wrong with it." So they did surgery on him and paid a third of the cost, and it was for nothing? Thats bull. And he said that the food sucked there, too. His dad was soooo furious, and it was kinda funny cuz of what his face looked like. I should've taken a pic of it, cuz it is something to see
 
I didn't tell my dad(who is a physician who has his own practice and also works at that same hospital) about the "incident" because I thought he liked working there. Turns out he didn't like working with a bunch of "dirty" docters and staff. So, after he quit I told him about Owen and he was like, "*shrug* Figures". He now only works at his practice, and is quite successful in relative terms.
 
For the lawyers here - could I use the threat of a malpractice case against them in regards to this bill? "Make this bill go away or I'll sue your butts" kinda thing? It wouldn't be hard to prove that they gave me double the dosage of meds because the nurse said they 'sometimes do that for young men' not knowing I had been on a soft diet for a month prior to the surgery.
 
i remember you posting about his after the first time you went in and they told you that you had to come back in a month. did they charge you for going in the first time when they didnt do ne thing or was this something else?
 
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i remember you posting about his after the first time you went in and they told you that you had to come back in a month. did they charge you for going in the first time when they didnt do ne thing or was this something else?
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$25 insurance co-pay.
 
Speaking of being charged for nothing, I was charge $100 when I went to the dentist's office. What he did: Take a look at my teeth, consulted with my dad about what to do, and then washed/rinsed them. And the consultation wasn't even that good, "Your son doesn't need braces", along that line. Furious I was, cuz the $100 was coming out of my checking : O
 
Oh man I know EXACTLY how you feel. This whole kind of thing went down with my grandma whose still in the hospital. NOBODY GOT TO MEMORIAL HOSPITALS do not go to them. They are absolutely horrible. You have my sympathy man, I know hospitals can do more harm then good and i mean that in the literal sense also...
 
well we dont have 2 pay 4 hospital visits and its free too go at the dentists until youre 18 but the we have 2 pay 40% in taxes of our pay it used 2 be 50% but we got lowerd
 
how much is the lawyer going to cost in the end? Because you might be better off paying the bill.

Im thinking about suing UCSF for malpractice. I had a procedure done and i wasnt warned of all the side effects, and apparently the procedure is new and still kind of experimental. Im so pissed. i feel your pain man....
 
I don't know yet. Thankfully I know a lot of lawyers here at the store that I'm getting good advice from. At this point I'm just fighting the bill kicking and screaming.
 
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