In August 2008 I had surgery and came close to dying from what was obviously a surgical error, that had to be corrected with another surgery within about another two hours to save my life.
After I got out of the hospital, the surgeon sent me his bill, I paid the $1,000 out of pocket the insurance didn't cover, ins paid the rest of his almost $10,000 bill.
The hospital itself never even billed me or the insurance company, they knew the surgeon screwed up.
Friends were telling me to sue. I simply told them I didn't want people to think I was a democrat and besides, I'm still alive aint I.
Some people may believe I'm stupid for not pursuing that. I'm neither stupid for it nor special because I didn't pursue it, just an honest person doing what's right, people make mistakes and I won't try to gain financially from them.
Not everybody is out to get something for nothing. I'm 64 years old and I do not accept "senior citizens discounts" either. A few cashiers have asked me, "Why not"? I tell them if I start wanting something for nothing, people may think I'm a democrat, I hope it makes them think.
I hope you were just having a bad day when you said what you did and soon get over it. God bless you and your's.
Same thing happened to me as a college student - A woman, obviously intoxicated or high, slammed into my parked van and shot it into three parked cars ahead of mine. She hit it with a very expensive Lexus at 55 mph on a 35 mph road.
All of the other car owners begged me to get into a class action lawsuit against the woman for whatever the hell they were after from this obviously well-to-do woman.
I simply looked at all of them and said “I’m not the suing type.” People like that disgust me. That’s why you buy insurance.