Wow!

WOW!!! That's crazy FYI! Definately make them pay.

How come they didn't let him go to the nurse? You'd think they would. Teachers are weird like that. I was in 3rd grade & had a TERRIBLE tummy ache. Nurse thought I was faking & wouldn't let me call my mother. By the end of the day I was doubled over in so much pain that a friend had to help me walk out to my mom's car. I was ashen white! Turns out that my tummy ache WAS real as my intestines had stopped working! If we had waited longer they would have gone septic. That was back in the 80's.

You'd think in todays "Sue Happy" society any bump or fall they'd send you to the nurse.

I'm having trouble with this too in this day and age....a child's welfare should take the lead when there is a complaint...as a freshman in HIgh school I faced the same thing till I passed out on the basketball court...they then rushed me to the hospital to find my appendex had burst!!

FYI, have you thought about talking to an attorney?

A girl at work-her daughter broke her arm during a basketball game in gym class (teacher was playing & bumped into her and knocked her down). My co-worker took the bill to the school & they paid it and gave her no problems.

But isn't it ridiculous that a short ER visit can possibly cost this much??? It's highway robbery! So unfair but what are u gonna do about it? My son sees a pediatric cardio yearly. The vist last 30 mins at the longest, the doc's part is maybe 10 mins! It's $2,500!!! By the time i pay it off each year it's time for another visit! But what ya gonna do???
Ang

Their insurance should cover it. I've spoken with a lawyer about questions I should ask them on how they are going to prevent these accidents and what I should do if they refused to pay this bill.

I don't want to sue them. I'm not that person looking to make the extra money on an accident. But I will sue them should they not pay this bill and don't take steps to prevent somehting like that from happening again.

FYI- I think you are on the right track with this one. You cannot let them slide by on this-or it will happen again.

My youngest son was asthsmatic and one day he need to go to the nurses office to get his inhaler,he wans't feling well.The teacher decided that he was just faking, and wouldn't let him go. When I found out-I blew up everywhere! I went to the admin at the school, the superintendent, everyone!!My doc even wrote a note.

I definately would make sure they paid the bill- the easy way or not!! Good Luck..KAren :D

I agree-you are right on target FYI!

If it comes to suing them you can sue for just enough to cover medical expenses, your lawyer, and the time you missed at work because of court. Does not have to be for large amounts. The whole reason your suing is to make a point and to prevent other children and mothers from going through what you and your son went through.

I agree with everyone. Due to the nature of the beast, the school should have copious amounts of liability insurance to cover them in matters like these.
And in the case of your son not being able to see the nurse, that is what I would raise hell over. Better safe than sorry is my motto!

FYI not to HIJACK,but I wanted to compare some medical costs for all to see. I had my gall bladder removed in July.Spent about 6 hours in the hospital and total combined medical was $10000 before insurance. :shock: :shock:

Hey Cajun! I had mine out in March-copy cat!

My best friend had a baby & the insurance was going to deny the whole birth/baby because the hospital mis-spelled her husband's name...the cost for the birth & the baby? $60,000!

Insurance & costs are insane.

FYI...has the school or anyone contacted you since this happened??

My mom would trade bills- hers was over $300,000 for her last heart attack :shock:

FYI- let me know what happens at the school!!If you need me to come with you, I'm there :lol: Of course my son was mortified when I would go to the school!! Take CAre..KAren

Wow Bossy! Did she have insurance?

Can't wait to hear how this plays out FYI! I'll be thinking of you!

Yeah- she has Medicare, and also has a supplement. She has been back in the hospital and ER about 7 more tiomes since-good thing she has insurance.

Hey,FYI- just thought of something- maybe you have said it, but I am old and can't remember!

Has the schools attorney contacted you yet? I am surprised if they haven't..KAren

FYI - I totally agree with you on not wanting to sue the school. When my daughter got hurt at school, requiring an ER visit, and the school never called to inform me of the accident, my ex (then my husband) wanted me to sue the school, reasoning that it would be college money for my daughter. I refused - I just wanted the hospital bill paid - also, I worked for an insurance agency at the time - the insurance agency that carried the liability policy for the school my daughter attended. To sue them for payment under the very policy my employer carried for them would be a conflict of interest....I would stand to lose my job, therefore losing the larger part of my family's income, only to gain a small amount for my daughter's future? Didn't make much sense to me.

Well after all was said and done and my oldest daughter was in remission in 2001, hubby and i sat down and added up all her medical, with insurance! We owed $22,000! Some of the shots she took cost $2,500 a piece and she had them every other week for 7 days!!! I'd love to know what insurance paid! Ok NO i wouldn't!
:shock:
Ang

If I could read my darn insurance papers I'd know how much it all cost. Its all jibberish to me sometimes!

I am going to the school on Tuesday. My job requires that I go on a training confrence tomorrow and I have to be that 9am sharp. I will let you all know what happenes.

Something I don't understand about the bill, there is no itemization. Just Emergency Services and Supplies. No detail. Or is that it? I do not have insurance for my son and I am trying to get them back on CHIPS but I make more than I used to now but I still can't afford the 450 a pay check to get my companies insurance.


No one from the school has contacted me. In fact I need to go check my home records (have Vonage , I can look at my itemized bill immediatly after a call) and my work records. I was at work and at my desk when they supposedly called me repeatedly.

hospitals usually don't send an itemized bill unless you ask them to do so.

$450 a pay check for insurance? wow do you make a grip of money?! Our employees (in a less than a 50 employees program family business company) have Kaiser and it is $25-50 a week $10 co-pay for meds--I believe in health care for all and that it isn't socialization if our country provides this--still majority of our employees make $9-$12 hr and pay ave of less than $50 per week( which is still too much in my opinion!) --yet you are required to pay $450 per check? what's wrong with this picture?

as an after thought--how often do you do you get paid? if your company requires a $450 deduction for insurance out of checks--what kind of money are people in your line of work making?

I pay $430 a month just for me and the wife!If kids were added it would jump to $600 month! :shock: It is kind of a trade off I guess. Smaller companies pay more for what I do but benefits suck or take a pay cut to work for the majors. :evil:

Hanky, I suppose everything is realitive. I live in NYC and for a crappy HMO. pay 150.000 per week for insurance .If I did want (which I do .but cant afford it ), an out of network plan it would cost almost 300.00 per week. What I have now is good. 10.00 fro meds , 20.00 to see a dr. , But I can onky see DRs in the plan.

I pay $1,200/month for insurance for 5 of us. And to top it off it's crappy insurance!! $1,000 ded and NO co-pays!
Ang

If we had to pay for our insurance, it would cost us over a thousand dollars for just the two of us because of my pre-existing things.

FYI- you can call and ask them for an itemized bill- I always do- you would be surprised to see what errors there can be! Let us know what happens..KAren :D

wow no wonder so many people in America are pushing for what Bush has called "socialized health care"--my co pay is $10 for generic meds (went up from $5 --2 years ago) -and $10 for doc visit--$15 for ultra sound x-rays etc --this costs my employer $200 a month which is considered part of my bonus salary--it is all very relative--I totally understand how many people are in lower paying jobs but their health insurance benefits are why they stay --I'm wondering if small companies are able to offer so much more affordable health coverage like this to employees why are so many people out there having to pay such outrageous premiums? -- my best friend has been employed with state for 10 years started as 911 operator- went to counseling of juvenile delinquents--now in county health care- her main job now adjusting inmates back into society--her medical insurance is free--yet--her husband just started with state as a mental health counselor and the health care they are already receiving through wife -- now costs new hires $600 a month! Ang my younger brother self employed with 6 children (8 people on plan counting him and wife ) pays less than $900 a month for same deductables I have spoken of and has an individual health care plan not business with employees plan --so the horror stories we are hearing makes me totally in support of national health care system--I always thought that for people making $9 an hour $25-50 a week was too much to be able to afford with high cost of housing here in Ca-- obviously there are tons of people out there who have to pay more if they want health insurance guess I'm also thinking pay period is either weekly or bi-weekly here.

I think the reason our health insurance is so much is cuz of pre-exisisting Hanky! When we first started out it was a LOT less expensive but each year it keeps going up and NO one else will cover hubby or son so we're stuck!! Ur very lucky to have such a good insurance plan! Although we do have a very high deductible, u can't go without insurance. One hospital stay could wipe u out.
Such is life i guess,
Ang

My husbands insurance is free for him but to add me it would be 250 a paycheck which would take a lot of his pay so I dont have any. I am going to have to get the girls on medicaid or chips since their father wont cover them on any insurance He is supposed to.
I did take my youngest to the doctor and she wound up having to go to the hospital for an MRI and it is over 3000. My insurance did not cover it as it was out of network. I had insurance until 9/30/07 and it did not cover my MRI for the same reason but the clinic I used reduced by bill almost 1200 so I only pay 289. Hopefully I can get my daughters reduced too

I'm sure u know this missy but u need to check into some sort of coverage both for ur kids and urself!! Even if the plan u get for urself is a 5 or 10,000 ded at least u have it!! As i said above, one hospital stay can wipe u out!!
My hubby's last hospital bill was over 75,000!!!
:shock:
Ang

WOW :shock: I didn't know insurance costs were so different. The company I work for has a self funded insurance but a insurance company does take care of all the paperwork and we only pay $30 per week for health and dental :oops: And thats for hubby, 2 kids and myself

I watched a show on PBS that said the high costs and premiums are to help pay for those without insurance and those who cannot pay. I have a $2100 ded for myself & my son because I cannot afford anything less. I cannot put him on CHIPS because he is 19 (he is only covered on mine since he is a student)_ so I am stuck. And this year I have been ill as well, so I will have more bills than I know what to do with...

I found out yesterday that the girls stepmom now has a job so they will have insurance as of Dec. 1 which will be great. That will be a load off my mind. I know I have to get some for myself but it is expensive and I am going to have to find some way to get it. Missy