Ummmm....exactly who should pay the bill? The hospital? From the sound of the story, the hospital is probably going to eat the bill anyway...but that doesn’t make it their obligation to do so.
People expect ER’s and hospitals to ‘be there’ when needed, then publish crap like this when the dare to ‘send a bill’.
Not directing this at you, just commenting about the title of the article.
He wasn’t in need of medical care and his mom didn’t order the battery of tests. Who do you think should pay the bill?