Girl Gets Boyfriend’s Medical Bill Reduced from $5000 to $26 — He Slams Her for Going ‘Too Far’
After her boyfriend was sent to the ER, a girlfriend pulled all the stops to get a $5,000 hospital bill reduced to $26. But after all the hard work of sending numerous emails, her boyfriend got mad at her because he thought she took it too far.
A concerned girlfriend pulled all the stops to reduce a high medical bill after her boyfriend was sent to the ER for an accident he had suffered.
The girlfriend took it to Reddit to explain all the steps she had to take to write off her boyfriend’s medical bill. But at the end of it all, she ended up being the bad guy in her boyfriend’s eyes.
When the girlfriend realized they had been billed $5,000 after insurance, she knew it would mean sacrificing their holidays, but she also believed it was something that could be disputed.
So she asked her boyfriend if she could try to reduce the bill, and he gave her the go-ahead to handle the billing dispute and access his medical records.
How Did the Girlfriend Get the Medical Bill Reduced?
The determined girlfriend started by asking for an itemized bill to compare all the billing codes to their fair prices. From there, she went on to call the billing department to dispute the costs, but she was referred to the administration office.
After spending a lot of time dealing with the call center and needing the right person to help dispute the bill, she decided to take it up a notch.
The girl did a deep dive on LinkedIn and searched for the hospital’s board of directors and upper management. She gathered about 30 emails, and each day, she would spend 15 minutes drafting a long email explaining that her “client” had been charged seven times more than the average rate.
