Reply #17: Patient advocate is at the hospital [View All]

[Clinton Crusader]

I had to physically go to the hospital and go to Billing and cry like a school girl over the bill, till they thought I was going to have a panic attack or a heart attack. I threw myself at their feet for mercy, wailing about losing my house because of this, what am I supposed to do, etc.

They FINALLY agreed to let me have a payment plan, which is $100 a month. It still is a pinch, but WTH would I do with NO payment plan? We'd be living on the street.

You can also look into Legal Aid. I'm sure they would LOVE to get their jaws around something like this. Also, go to newspapers....

I contacted my local Congresswoman, and SHE contacted the hospital as well. THAT shut them up immediately, then they were calling me (!!) and being so nice, because they believed I had an in with the COngresswoman, who would go public, on how they were mistreasting and threatening a cancer patient!