Don't have a pretend heart attack and go to the ER

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I'm thinking of calling them and demanding they reduce the price ... but I don't know which angle is best to work to get them to come way down.

On the bill, and the envelope that came with it, they have my middle name as Andre .. and it's Andrew. I suppose if I don't pay and they take me to court I could argue that I never opened the bill in the first place because it's against the law to open mail that isn't your own.

good luck with that.


you can appeal the amount of the bill. get them to show every charge for everything used, they could have messed it up....good luck with that too.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Danzig

get them to show every charge for everything used,

They did.

[Danzig]

was it accurate?


you can tell them you're a charity case and they'll write it off. if you really are a charity case that is!
hell, i took my son to an er a few years back for a broken arm...they charged 600 bucks just to determine it was broken-and then they asked us where we wanted to go, as they had no ortho on staff. their er bill was higher than the er bill for the hospital who actually treated him.

as long as you make an effort to pay a little each month, they'll leave you alone.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

I had to have been drugged by someone that day. Only explanation I can think of.

[randallscott35]

That's boondox PA prices. Be happy it wasn't 5 times that.

[herkhorse]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

I had to have been drugged by someone that day. Only explanation I can think of.

Sounds like a panic attack. Did PG de-friend you on facebook that day?

[Indian Charlie]

What did I tell you dude?

Now that your dream of getting out of not getting raped by the hospital has ended, call them and set up an appointment to talk to them.

Tell them you lost your job and you are going to declare bankruptcy, and that if they don't greatly reduce your bill, they aren't even going to get a cent from you. Of course, make them think that you want to do the right thing and pay them, just that you cannot, or will not, pay anything close to that amount.

If they go to collections, big freakin whoop. After awhile, the worst that will happen is that you get some calls. After awhile, if that annoys you, accept one of their settlement offers. You'll end up paying a ton less.

Or offer something up yourself to one of the collection agencies.

[geeker2]

Just tell them you are an illegal immigrant - it's then free

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by herkhorse

Sounds like a panic attack. Did PG de-friend you on facebook that day?

Could have been a combo of that and being very tired - or someone just somehow drugged me earlier that day.

I never felt like that before.

My mother was babysitting her two grandkids - and she came to the hospital towards the end with them. They ended up releasing me and I felt very tired but otherwise good.

We went to the local Eat-mor-Chiken afterwards .. and I felt good enough to play in the kids area with my bro's little kids. The older one, who can talk, kept calling me "Uncle David" ... I was like, damn, do I see them so rarely that they don't even know who I am?






I would have to say I still looked pretty drugged up in this pic.

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Could have been a combo of that and being very tired - or someone just somehow drugged me earlier that day.

I never felt like that before.

My mother was babysitting her two grandkids - and she came to the hospital towards the end with them. They ended up releasing me and I felt very tired but otherwise good.

We went to the local Eat-mor-Chiken afterwards .. and I felt good enough to play in the kids area with my bro's little kids. The older one, who can talk, kept calling me "Uncle David" ... I was like, damn, do I see them so rarely that they don't even know who I am?






I would have to say I still looked pretty drugged up in this pic.

You do look like something in that picture....