Re: SiCKO Movie -- Michael Moore Wants to Hear From You

Leukemia patient describes "Best Bill" - $10,000 for use of a chair in an outpatient room

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[adamwittek]

Hello Marilyn & viewers of this video, I have a request and as this moving story appears to be a good place to reach the people I'm looking for, I hope it's okay that I post here.

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[cherylxo]

my prayers go out to you :(

[mangler]

Hang in there. And thanks for the story about the chair. Ridiculous.

[Calanagear]

Stay strong. Maybe your story will help change the system. My dad had two types of cancer ( lymphoma and melanoma) and was on so many different drugs, and had a number of treatments.... Your voice is being heard!!

[sbrownn7]

hang in there, you appear to be a strong willed lady. 1 have 10 years experience with the medical system. was back today for an mri on my wife. last week dr. chu charged $2012.00 for a 10 minute doctor visit, plus the 30.00 copay. the medical center of bowling green, ky will turn you over to collections in a heartbeat. scam after scam, the journey continues.

[Treebard]

$10,000 for a chair? What's next, $20,000 for the recovery room cot? Maybe I'll start renting out my sofa...

My minor health care nightmare involved $500 for an ER visit where a doctor basically pasted a bandage on my finger. Now, granted, I probably shouldn't have gone to the ER, but the cut was getting painful and infected and I was worried. Now I'd know better.

Obviously, that's nothing compared to what you've gone thru. Be strong, keep the faith! I sure hope you never paid the 10K, btw!!

[rickyx2001]

wow $10,000 for using a chair...hopefully now this can be made more public so they'll "realize" that is a gross clerical error

[wowsydna]

I pray you will survive this nightmare.

[12tamoxi]

Marilyn, CONGRATULATIONS on 13 years of survivorship! As a two-year survivor, I agree with you about "not getting sick" and otherwise avoiding what cancer patients have to go through. I hope you make another video response about what you have been through so maybe things will change in the future.

[hurt4ever1ms]

I worked at a "self pay" department that had to call on these accounts, I felt HORRIBLE to have to call KNOWING that people had just gotten home from the hospital with cancer or other major illnesses. I was sent there through an employment agency. Had I known what it was I would not have gone there in the first place. I am sorry you have had to go through this, good luck!