Preying on Grandma

A Medicare patient gets a surprise bill for almost $15,000. Two phone calls cleared it up.

My friend Val Engle’s mom got a scary surprise after receiving a routine steroid injection at a surgery center: a medical bill for almost $15,000. 

Val’s mom is a sweet, conscientious, 87-year-old grandmother who doesn’t understand the predatory ways of the health care system. She took the bill at face value and panicked. “I always pay my bills. I’m neve…