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S.I. Heart Attack Patient Hounded for $5 Insurance Co-Pay While on Gurney
Health & Wellness  (tags: hospital, health care, co-pay, emergency, heart attack )


- 692 days ago - nydailynews.com
A Staten Island woman being rushed from her doctor's office to the hospital after a heart attack was hounded for a $5 insurance co-pay while lying on a gurney and breathing through tubes.
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Chrissy N. (114)
Monday February 4, 2008, 12:58 am
So, for the sake of $5, your health system would have let her die??
 

Sandy Stratton (0)
Monday February 4, 2008, 12:30 pm
So who is surprised at that. Insurance companies are in this for the money and no other reason. They are run by people who comand huge wages by demanding payment from everyone and cutting benfits to everyone except themselves.
 

Past Member (0)
Monday February 4, 2008, 1:12 pm
I know, Chrissy, right?
 

Past Member (0)
Monday February 4, 2008, 1:13 pm
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Thanks for your comments, Chrissy and Sandy, and to all others who read and noted this post!
 

leslie J. (13)
Monday February 4, 2008, 1:32 pm
I hope she changes doctors as soon as possible. When I go to the doctor I pay my co-pay of $25 up front.
 
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