After a lifesaving surgery and two-week hospital stay, Rob Westly enlisted the help of a patient advocate and ended up eliminating over $358,000 in medical charges.
I would love to get in touch with Karen. I am a recently retired physician who had my own medical bill nightmare this year and would like to connect with other advocates in this field as my next volunteer gig. Can you connect me?
Hi Patricia - thank you for your comment. Lots to consider as we strive for more meaningful change and coverage in health care! Grateful for your readership and engagement.
Wasn’t Rob also eligible for Medicaid? He didn’t have a job so no income wouldn’t that also have been a good way to deal with the hospital bills you can retroactively apply for three
Hi Prissi - great thought! In this case, the hospital application for financial assistance was 8 pages long and Rob did not want to overshare his information with the government.
I would love to get in touch with Karen. I am a recently retired physician who had my own medical bill nightmare this year and would like to connect with other advocates in this field as my next volunteer gig. Can you connect me?
It won’t be a victory until we have Medicare For All.
Hi Patricia - thank you for your comment. Lots to consider as we strive for more meaningful change and coverage in health care! Grateful for your readership and engagement.
Wasn’t Rob also eligible for Medicaid? He didn’t have a job so no income wouldn’t that also have been a good way to deal with the hospital bills you can retroactively apply for three
months.
Hi Prissi - great thought! In this case, the hospital application for financial assistance was 8 pages long and Rob did not want to overshare his information with the government.