My grandfather is visiting my family (he doesn't live in the US). One night, he fell down the stairs of my parents' house and had to be taken by ambulance to the emergency room.
Thankfully he is safe. He had visitors' coverage/travel insurance that he brought with him to the US, and my dad gave a copy of this coverage to the some of the ER staff at the hospital when taking my grandpa to the hospital. The ER staff scanned it into the computer.
My grandpa ended up needing several CT scans and lab work.
Today, we just got a bill in the mail (in my grandpa's name) in the amount of $6,673.01. The total charges were $26,692.04, and the hospital provided a $20,019.03 self pay uninsured discount to give the amount owed of $6,673.01.
This is in addition to a $979 ambulance charge.
My father did not sign any form claiming responsibility for the bill at the hospital, and the bills that have come so far to our house have been in my grandfather's name (who is a foreign national).
A $6.6K bill for the ER + nearly $1K bill for ambulance + who knows what else can be quite heavy to pay. What is the best way to move forward here?
Submitted August 05, 2018 at 05:51PM by stateloyalty https://ift.tt/2OawEfR
