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> ... and still need to live in fear of surprise bankruptcy-level bills arriving if god forbid you collapse and need an emergency procedure at the closest out-o
by HumblyTossed 6y ago
> ... and still need to live in fear of surprise bankruptcy-level bills arriving if god forbid you collapse and need an emergency procedure at the closest out-of-network facility.
I don't know why this isn't illegal. You can go from living comfortably to living in poverty even though you held up your end of the contract except for that last time when you were not even conscious.
- berbec 6y agoImagine this at mcdonalds: It'd like a burger OK, here it is. What is the charge? I'm not sure. I'll send you a bill in 2-32 weeks.
- wlesieutre 6y agoI know someone dealing with this shenanigans right now, they sent two bills, which he paid, and then figured it was all sorted. Many months later, he finds out that they later sent two more bills to the address where he lived in middle school, never called him about it, and then referred them to debt collection because of course he hadn't paid them. He found out about this when the debts showed up on his credit monitoring. Now they're denying that he gave them his current address, despite the fact that he has multiple other bills with earlier dates where the hospital has printed the correct address on them. tldr: America's medical billing is an absurd shitshow