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I’m home this morning, stoned out of my head on Tylenol 3 for the Endometriosis pain, and the phone rings. It’s some collection agency trying to collect over $160 from the abusive E.R. visit which happened six months ago already.
They said they’ve not had the correct home address and wanted it.
I told them I got the doctor bill just fine and paid it, and it was only $16, not no $160…
They told me THIS bill is the HOSPITAL bill, and is different from the doctor bill.
I told them I’m not paying it, because I was mistreated at the hospital.
The guy on the line tried to threaten me with “ok so this will go on your credit report…”
I retorted with “No it won’t because you’re going to talk to the hospital and they’re going to waive this because as I stated, I was mistreated at the hospital.”
I ended up hanging up on the guy and calling Alameda hospital.
I got similar treatment - they have my old address, they want my new address. Why did I get the doctor bill just fine to my new address then? “Well that was the doctor bill, this is the hospital bill and we don’t have your new address…”
What the hell kind of lazy assholes don’t update between doctor billing screen and hospital billing screen?!?!? How is that my problem?
I told the lady I’m not paying the bill because I was mistreated. She asked condescendingly who I had talked to at the hospital. I told her I went all the way to the top and spoke to Dr. Otani.
That shut the bitch up. Her tone dropped a bit and she said “…oh.”
Now I am waiting for a callback from Dr. Otani’s office and we’ll go through this again.
And the resolution will be, NO, SCREW YOU, EAT A DICK, I’M NOT PAYING IT.
2:01pm Edit: Janet Dyke from Alameda Hospital just called back to clarify my home address and waive the hospital bill. She apologised for the bill collectors. I told her I’m not afraid of them and knew I’d get it all straightened out with her office. This is the same woman who I spoke with way back in April, who got me to Dr. Otani, the director of E.R.
She remains very empathetic and upbeat.
I double checked and yes, I do have a current valid care plan on record with the hospital, so if I take my meds and still have crushing pain, I can go to E.R. and receive an injection, no questions asked, and be made comfortable. They have all my documentation on file that I sent them to set up this care plan back in April.
MISSION FECKING ACCOMPLISHED.