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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A typical ambulance will charge you $1000+ per person in the US and the Insurance companies will not pay.  We had a situation several years ago where my wife and I were in an accident and were transported to the hospital.  Same ambulance.  They charged us $1000 EACH.

My FIL had to pay $1000 to be transported from an urgent care facility to ER (Reston area - 10 minute ride).

What did we do?  In the first case, we tried arguing with the insurance company for months and eventually got them to pay one of the $1000 bills.  We ended up paying the other.

[b]In the second case, we asked them to take a hike since the bill was in my FIL's name and he was visiting from another country.[/b]

In your case, if the bill is in your son's name, ask them to take a hike.  They will keep calling you for a while, maybe go to court and get a judgment on your son but that will eventually fall away after 7 years.

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I'm not sure I understand this.  He doesn't have to pay because he's from another country?[/quote]

He cannot afford to pay any bills.  We pay his.  In this case, given the asshole nature of the system that takes advantage of people, we chose not to pay that bill.  The company at best can print the bills and wipe their a**es with it.  He doesn't have credit history in this country so not much they can do there..

Had it been more reasonable (along the lines of $2 - 300), I'd gladly pay. The medical industry in this country is nothing short of a legal mafia with the lawmakers supporting it in every way.  I try to do my part in sticking it to them when I can.[/quote]

Well that’s cool. You know all that does is raise the cost for the rest of us, right?[/quote]

No it doesn’t. They purposely charge 2-3 times what they expect to get to try to milk the insurance company & then they scale it back after insurance goes through. It’s all a game. They should have accepted the $200.[/quote]

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