Everyone loves a story about overcoming the odds, so we’re really pleased to highlight the amazing fighting spirit of this corporate hospital network that somehow keeps finding ways to send medical bills to a dead person.
This miracle of modern medicine definitely shouldn’t go unnoticed!
Despite suffering a series of setbacks, such as the family prioritizing funeral costs and using the remaining funds to hire an estate attorney, William Beaumont Hospital has defied the odds and found the strength to send over $700,000 in bills to the dead patient’s son. It’s both a testament to the hospital’s persistence and a poignant reminder to everyone suffering from terminal illnesses to never give up hope that their surviving family members will be burdened with crippling financial hardship.
“Our comptroller team initially diagnosed this account as having one or two months before it expired,” said hospital spokesperson Michael Warner. “But with rapid advancements in billing technology and maybe a little help from the big guy above, we were able to stabilize the account, and we expect it to make a full recovery into past due delinquency.”
Unfortunately, as most major hospital networks know, experimental billing techniques, like airlifting the account to a debt collection agency and threatening litigation to a family deep in the abyss of mourning, are costly, so Beaumont executives have organized a GoFundMe that has raised over $150 million to keep delivering exceptional, family-centered financial ruin because this lapse in payment should never happen again.
“Their father was a big part of this hospital’s ICU for a long time, and our collections officers look forward to being part of their family for a long time, especially as they go through such a vulnerable stage,” Warner said. “This account is just too young to give up on. It has a lot of interest left to accrue.”
In an industry often characterized by callous greed, there’s something truly inspiring about the executives doing everything in their power to revive this account, which is exactly what the surviving family members should be thankful for as they liquidate all their assets to pay the $200,000 in interest, which is the least they could do to keep their father’s legacy alive.