Was Girlfriend Wrong For Fighting To Get Her Boyfriend’s Medical Bill Down By 99% Going Too Far?

As medical costs continue to rise, one brave soul puts up her dukes to  the hierarchical powers that be to bring down her boyfriend’s medical  bill.

She offered to fight the bill for him because she’d done it before, and he said sure.

She had her boyfriend call the hospital to authorize her to handle his bill and access his medical records.

These are the steps she shared on the Internet:

OP reviewed an itemized bill and compared the prices for each code to the fair prices.

These are the steps she shared on the Internet:

These are the steps she shared on the Internet:

OP called the billing department to dispute the bill, but that  department only collects bills, so she needed to contact the  administration.

These are the steps she shared on the Internet:

OP received 30 email responses from the most influential people at the hospital, plus the hospital’s investors.

These are the steps she shared on the Internet:

OP escalated the emails until she wrote the director-level staff with  the entire board of directors and CC’d several outside investors.

The Masses Weigh In

At nearly 71,000 upvotes, one Redditor told OP, "You are a friggin’ rock  star and should be a professional advocate for those who get ripped in  healthcare like this."

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