The wife was in so much unusual abdominal pain one day that we went to the Emergency Room at Froedert Hospital. They spoke to her for five minutes, drew some blood, and gave her a puke bucket. We were told to sit in the wating room. Two and one-half hours later we left without ever being seen or treated. We went to Waukesha memorial Hospital Emergency Room, where she was seen within ten minutes, examined an treated. Ok, so that could have been better.
Imagine my suprise when we got a bill for over $1K from Froedert Hospital! My insurance company paid the lion's share, and we had a small copay. I contacted my insurance company to report the fraud, and they were unconcerned. I then began a four month back-and-forth with Froedert Hospital over their fraudlent charges. I wrote letters, I made telephone calls, I explained myself patiently.
Two weeks ago, I was sent to my second supervisor on a telephone call. She listened patiently, told me she would examine the records, and promised to call me the next business day. Today (two weeks later) she called my home number at 3:55pm, spoke to my wife, offered a 20% reduction on their fraudlent charges, and explained that she had to go because her shift ended at 4:00pm.
Holy Crap what thievery!!
They are getting one more chance at a refund and a letter of apology to my wife and I, then its on to the Attorney General's office and the media.
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