Girl Gets Boyfriend’s Medical Bill Reduced from $5000 to $26 — He Slams Her for Going ‘Too Far’

She also detailed that the billing and customer care department had not been helpful, which was why she escalated the issue. The girlfriend wrote emails to people at a director level and copied everyone from the board of directors, along with a few investors.

After she laid out all the reasons she had been overcharged and the unsatisfactory service she had received from the billing department, the bill was reduced from a whopping $5,000 to $26.

The girlfriend was proud that her hard work had paid off and was excited to tell her boyfriend the good news. “I told my boyfriend the good news, and he was at first overjoyed and blown away,” she said. The boyfriend even called her a “Christmas miracle.”

He then asked how she pulled it all off, and the girlfriend said all it took was sending out a few emails, which the boyfriend asked to see. When he found himself scrolling through approximately 60 emails, his mind changed. The girlfriend wrote:

“He told me I went way too far, he was expecting me to dispute through their billing department or something normal and reasonable like that, not internet stalk every single manager and board member and investor and harass them into dropping the bill.”

He did not think disputing the bill would take her “stalking” the managers on the internet. However, the girlfriend was frustrated by his reaction because she had just saved them $5,000 and afforded them a nice holiday. Now, she wondered if she took it too far and turned to Reddit users for advice.

What Did Readers Have to Say?
The immediate response from readers was that the girlfriend was a hero and thought she should use her skills to become a professional advocate.

Readers thought the boyfriend was ungrateful and uninformed about how much work it took to challenge a large bill, especially when doctors, insurance, and the hospital staff were unwilling to help.

The fact that the girlfriend was able to clear almost the entire bill and have her boyfriend mad at her for going the extra mile was confusing for many readers. People who knew the difficulty of fighting bills wanted the girlfriend to give them tips to fight their outstanding accounts.