Woman billed $700 after sitting in ER waiting room for 7 hours, leaving without treatment

[The Infamous]

"I sat there for seven hours. There's no way I should be sitting in an emergency room.. an emergency room for seven hours," she said.

A couple of weeks later, a surprise came in her mailbox.

It was a bill from the hospital for nearly $700.

"I didn't get my vitals taken, nobody called my name. I wasn't seen at all," Davis said.

"So I called them and she said it's hospital protocol even if you're just walking in and you're not seen. When you type in your social, that's it. You're going to get charged regardless," she said.

She said she was told it was an emergency room visit fee or a facility fee as it is called in some cases.

Woman billed $700 after sitting in ER waiting room for 7 hours, leaving without treatment

 

[Sonic Boom of the South]

Gtfoh

 

[Prince.Skeletor]

Holy fukking fukkkkk

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

Murrica

 

[The Infamous]

Richest country in the world with by far the worst health care system of all developed nations

 

[Rev Leon Lonnie Love]

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[UpAndComing]

And Coli laughs at Holistic Medicine brehs

Rely on Western Medicine outside of emergency surgery brehs

 

[zayk35]

Even our hospitals are participating in this capitalism

 

[The Infamous]

And Coli laughs at Holistic Medicine brehs

Rely on Western Medicine outside of emergency surgery brehs

 

[Jekyll]

This is where you would sue the hospital but the average person doesn’t have the funds for that so you just have to take the L.

 

[The Infamous]

This is where you would sue the hospital but the average person doesn’t have the funds for that so you just have to take the L.

Suing the hospital for $700

 

[Moose_Greyjoy]

Woman billed $700 after sitting in ER waiting room for 7 hours, leaving without treatment

Yea 7 hr wait times can be average, depending on the location of the hospital.
A few things.

• Hospitals are understaffed due to low wages and nurses feeling a lack of respect through the pandemic
• Low staffing spans across all of hospital departments even housekeepers.
• I find it hard to believe she got billed without any interventions done. Most ER’s send labs as patients wait.
• People use the ER’s like primary care, which overload the ER with unnecessary cases
• I wish someone would do a documentary on the US health system and the ER, It’s stressful and I’m tired of it. I can’t wait to get the fukk out this field.

 

[Nymbus]

chose violence

 

[PortCityProphet]

Everyday that goes by im surprised folks don't John Q hospitals or insurance companies

 

[TM101]

Yea 7 hr wait times can be average, depending on the location of the hospital.
A few things.

• Hospitals are understaffed due to low wages and nurses feeling a lack of respect through the pandemic
• Low staffing spans across all of hospital departments even housekeepers.
• I find it hard to believe she got billed without any interventions done. Most ER’s send labs as patients wait.
• People use the ER’s like primary care, which overload the ER with unnecessary cases
• I wish someone would do a documentary on the US health system and the ER, It’s stressful and I’m tired of it. I can’t wait to get the fukk out this field.

Allegedly the charge is for "room prep" when they know someone is waiting in the lobby.

Not sure thats true tho