Also, the hospitals are ignoring the dreamers who pay nothing and going hard after the ones who can pay because they have property. My local hospital in Virginia billed me $1,500 for... some mysterious procedure known only by its code that I never had done (haven’t been to the hospital in 20 years). I questioned the billing office and not only were they unable to tell what they claim to have provided, they promised to get back to me and instead immediately sent it to a collection agency. Now the billing office won’t talk to me because it has been sent to an outside agency and the the collectors don’t have the info and have no desire to retrieve it. I just take their names and company info and tell them we will all get together when they take me to court. So far they just send letters and call.
My local hospital in Virginia billed me $1,500 for... some mysterious procedure known only by its code that I never had done (haven’t been to the hospital in 20 years).
What’s the code? My wife can tell you what it is for, as long as it is a valid code.