Reply #14: My Mom Was ALMOST Killed [View All]

[iamjoy]

I mean, everytime we think about this, we know she is lucky to be alive. But because there was no permanant damage, no lawyer would take her case.

The doctor definately made some mistakes, her insurance company may have too. After a procedure, her doc released her from the hospital. When she voiced concerns about some of her vital signs to him, he said the insurance co wouldn't pay for another day. She wound up back in the emergency room a few days later and was in the hospital for 3 weeks which put her into the next plan year (try spending Christmas and New Years Eve in a Progressive Care Unit) which meant she had a new deductible, etc. She pitched a fit saying if the doctor had treated her properly the first time (and the insurance had let her stay) she never would have been back in the hospital. The bill disappeared. Some one knew they fucked up big time, you know how insurance companies and medical providers are about their bills. I've fought improper billing before and it took three years to get it corrected. Hers got fixed in a snap.