• Man in Stable Condition After $44 Million Hospital Bill
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Source: [url]http://news.yahoo.com/man-stable-condition-44-million-hospital-bill-075830021--abc-news.html[/url] [quote]A Bronx man says he nearly had an asthma attack after opening his mail to find a $44 million medical bill from a local hospital. Unemployed doorman Alexis Rodriguez, 28, received the astronomical bill after receiving successful treatment for pneumonia at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital last week, The New York Daily News reports. "I almost had an asthma attack," said Rodriguez, who apparently is not the only patient to receive an outsized bill. The firm responsible for the botched billing, PHY Services, was reportedly inundated with complaints and has since apologized. "If you are calling with respect the billing statement for services provided at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, please disregard the statement," said a recording for concerned callers, "you will be receiving a new statement shortly." PHY is blaming the mistake on a "system error" that resulted in the bill's invoice number being mistakenly placed in the "amount due" field. As for Rodriguez, he owes no more than $300 for outpatient services.[/quote] Well, this is a bit excessive.
[QUOTE=Medevilae;34248497]Who makes that kind of mistake?[/QUOTE] Total morons do. The bitch of it is...some people are just dumb as a box of rocks.
If it was for real I would leave the country :v:
How is putting the number in the wrong box news? ***THIS STORY JUST IN, MAN PUTS THE NUMBER "7" IN THE WRONG BOX, MORE AT 11:00"
[QUOTE=McCarthy;34248607]How is putting the number in the wrong box news? ***THIS STORY JUST IN, MAN PUTS THE NUMBER "7" IN THE WRONG BOX, MORE AT 11:00"[/QUOTE] ***US MILITARY PUTS NUMBER 7 IN WRONG BOX, BOMBS WASHINGTON*** It's about the effects of the error
[QUOTE=McCarthy;34248607]How is putting the number in the wrong box news? ***THIS STORY JUST IN, MAN PUTS THE NUMBER "7" IN THE WRONG BOX, MORE AT 11:00"[/QUOTE] R'minds me of this [img]http://hlcomic.com/comics/concerned022.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=CheeseMan;34248762]R'minds me of this [img]http://hlcomic.com/comics/concerned022.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]I miss that comic.
[QUOTE=Doctor Zedacon;34248785]I miss that comic.[/QUOTE] It shall be missed..
[QUOTE=Maloof?;34248694]***US MILITARY PUTS NUMBER 7 IN WRONG BOX, BOMBS WASHINGTON*** It's about the effects of the error[/QUOTE] No. How the fuck does a simple accounting error compare with bombing washington?
Go in for an asthma attack, die of heart attack.
I bet they were serious and just seeing if somebody would pay.
its too early for April fools.
The title made me think that the hospital managed to save a patient that had a heart attack after getting the $44 million bill for the previous treatment :v:
[QUOTE=RichyZ;34248608]god damn socialist obamacare, should have been 100 million[/QUOTE] that 56 million came directly out of the pocket of hardworking americans!!
I wonder how many times hospitals overcharge like this, but with an amount so small that no one notices.
Why would you suffer an asthma attack when you open a bill and see it's for $44 Million? Obviously it's a mistake, who would go HOLY SHIT HOW AM I GOING TO PAY THIS when they see THAT? [editline]16th January 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Snake7;34251929]I wonder how many times hospitals overcharge like this, but with an amount so small that no one notices.[/QUOTE] Every time
You think that's bad? Wait till you see the bill for the heart attack treatment.
I don't understand, are hospital treatments so expensive in america he actually thought that was real? I would immediatly understand it was a mistake, but are the treatments so expensive in america?
[QUOTE=fantafuzz;34255118]I don't understand, are hospital treatments so expensive in america he actually thought that was real? I would immediatly understand it was a mistake, but are the treatments so expensive in america?[/QUOTE] When you only use gold plated equipment, the costs do increase.
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