Hospital bills woman who never saw a doctor

Seeded on Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:03 AM EDT (msnbc.com)

A woman says she waited 19 hours at Parkland Memorial Hospital's emergency department for treatment of a broken leg and never did get to see a doctor - but still got a bill for $162.

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Hospital bills woman who never saw a doctor
Wed Oct 22, 2008
- That is crazy. I don't blame her, I say fight it.
Still in a home, by the skin of her teeth
Fri Aug 29, 2008
- Barbara, you can't reason with these people. Let's just hope that they don't ever have an unexpected medical situation that their savings does not cover, once you've reached your insurance cap. Some people live to sit in judgement. You represent what millions of Americans are faced with everyday.
Saving Texas' Ike stalwarts a race against time
Sun Sep 14, 2008
- First of all, Katrina was a lesson for everyone, they didn't have a mandatory evac. until the day before. and secondly half the people left behind didn't have transportation to get out. Remember the buses that were flooded, no evac. plan.
Texas expects major hit from Hurricane Ike
Tue Sep 9, 2008
- Thank You.
Texas expects major hit from Hurricane Ike
Tue Sep 9, 2008
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Thu Sep 4, 2008
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Flooding stirs chaos, desperation in Haiti
Thu Sep 4, 2008
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In a more diverse America, a mostly white RNC
Thu Sep 4, 2008
- Maybe they get slammed b/c they are a part of the Bush Administration with the lowest approval rate of any president.
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Thu Sep 4, 2008
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