Getting sued at Christmas..

[kaytieeldr]

While I do see the OP's responsibility in this situation, it bothers me that every time someone has a money issue, people will do search's of past posts and then pass judgement upon them. There is something unsettling about it.

I wish we could just stick to the issue at hand instead of worrying about when someone has last gone to Disney.

Honestly, I don't think they're intentional searches nearly as much as posters remembering reading a different/thread post recently, by the DISer with the issue.

 

[HLAuburn]

Dizneydawn, I agree with a lot of what you said. However, not only did the OP come on here asking for advice, but she also came with an attitude that somehow the hospital "owed" it to her to reduce the fees, cough up the paper work, or even write off the entire bill. I think that gets a lot of people angry, especially when many of us who have insurance still have to pay a lot of money for medical expenses.

Maybe some responses were harsh, but I don't think you can expect to come on here, a Disney board where you've posted about your recent trips and ticket upgrades, and ask for sympathy about a bill you've obviously ignored and let get out of control for a long while now.

Sure, probably 99.9% of people on here owe something to someone, but I don't see taking out a mortgage and paying it every month on time the same as ignoring a medical bill for services already rendered and hoping it just goes away. If my mortgage was behind or even if we had credit card debt, I could not justify going on a trip to Disney World, and I would feel silly for asking for "support" when the reason I'm in the situation I am in is because I made a series of bad decisions.

I posted early on and gave the OP my advice. I think its late, but maybe not TOO late to do something about the bill. I think the attitude that it will just "go away" got her in way over her head, and I think maybe these "unsupportive" posts might be what she needs to realize its the past decisions (including taking a vacation rather than paying overdue bills) that got her in this situation, and if there's any chance of resolving the issue and saving her credit, she better do something NOW.

 

[starann]

I work for a hospital as a nurse. I thankfully have health coverage thru them, however due to tough times and more and more people feeling they don't have to pay bills, they have cut back on our coverage and now I have to pay $450 a month for anti-seziure meds, that is my out of pocket cost. I will be doing overtime and what ever else I can ot pay for this med. Never once did I think....eh, I just won't pay it! They'll write it off!

I understand that these times when a lot of people are out of work and bills are mounting, there are more and more people who can't afford insurance or have none leaving them in a lotta trouble when a medical crisis happens. But PLEASE understand that you are not the only one 'not paying'. A lot of people are not paying for services rendered which leaves the hospital holding the bag. Yes there are some hospitals who make a profit, but there are many others that are happy to break even each year. And in the end, it's the employees that suffer.

 

[Mellie2162]

I am going to put myself out there by saying this -

I agree with everyone here that people need to pay their bills. Every one of us to the best of our ability.

I also will say that not a one of us will know what the other ones history is by reading old posts or is supposed to be here to ridicule or demoralize anyone.

Advice - yes.
Guidance - yes.
Tough Love & support - Yes.

But calling someone out or throwing their inventory out for the world to see is casting stones. It is also out of context and does not make you a biographer. It makes you a bully in the dark throwing one liners to hurt someone from the privacy of your own home/office. Not very brave.

I travel cash only.

How many here put any of their trip on a credit card? How about Holiday gifts? How many people owe money on a house? Student Loans? A car?

Be very careful of the finger you point when 99% of us live beyond our means every day. If you owe $1 on something - you are living beyond your means.

Because it is on credit or wrapped in the context of a loan - it is still money you owe and if you are saying you should be debt free before you spend dime one on something you don't need, then why is there a forumn of Trip Reports? I guarantee that not all of those people have back medical debt but they do have debt of some sort.

Be honest with yourself and know that if "you" with great credit and impecable morality can afford 100% of your bills if all your income in your home was lost as of tomorrow - then fine. I do not know anyone who can say that besides maybe Bill Gates and Warren Buffet . I doubt they are here hiding behind an avatar.

Most of us would be stewed, including those of us who might go on a trip in 2 days or have just gotten back from one.

The OP had debt she should have been responsible for. No questions asked and I think we can all agree the most ideal circumstance was for her to have a plan on paying it in conjunction to any OOP money she was spending on anything.

That is not what happened and now the OP will have to figure it out.

I can tell you though that for some people who put $8,000+ for example, on a CC for a trip, and leave with grteat credit, can come home and be jobless - and that person would have a hard time paying the $8,000 back as well. Plus their rent or mortgage and auto payment etc.

Hindsight is always 20/20.

Compassion does not equate releasing accountability.

I want the OP to take responsibilty, have hoped to give them some choices on how to do so that may help but most of all not cast judgement.

I can guarantee I would not agree with all of the peoples personal financial decesions here, just like you would not of mine, no matter what your credit history showed.

At the end of the day though, it comes down to what kind of human being you want to be.

Do you want to be someone who lends a helping hand and teaches a better way out of the muck or one who pushes someone down farther?

I came to the Dis Boards and have always found people friendly and helpful. I have not always agreed with what opinions have been expressed but they had always been respectful.

This 6th grade name calling and banter from some here, makes me ashamed to think about what any new person visiting the Dis must think.

It also makes me know that some, have no clue of what Walt was all about.

He borrowed money, stayed away from bills and took loans out on his parents home, his home, brothers homes all with an idea of following his vision. What he wanted. Spent money he did not have and was not his. Lost millions of dollars and kept digging himself farther into financial bancruptcy. In fact it made him so depressed that his doctors prescribed a trip for him to get away from it all.

Foolish - yes.
Risky - yes.
Irresponsible - yes.

Yet here we all sit and are fans of Disney today.

How can you claim love for one and flog the next?

Financial stupidity is something we all can lay claim to.

It's just a matter of who wants to own it and who wants to act like they never did it.

Wow. Great post.

 

[kellyg403]

I am going to put myself out there by saying this -

I agree with everyone here that people need to pay their bills. Every one of us to the best of our ability.

I also will say that not a one of us will know what the other ones history is by reading old posts or is supposed to be here to ridicule or demoralize anyone.

Advice - yes.
Guidance - yes.
Tough Love & support - Yes.

But calling someone out or throwing their inventory out for the world to see is casting stones. It is also out of context and does not make you a biographer. It makes you a bully in the dark throwing one liners to hurt someone from the privacy of your own home/office. Not very brave.

I travel cash only.

How many here put any of their trip on a credit card? How about Holiday gifts? How many people owe money on a house? Student Loans? A car?

Be very careful of the finger you point when 99% of us live beyond our means every day. If you owe $1 on something - you are living beyond your means.

Because it is on credit or wrapped in the context of a loan - it is still money you owe and if you are saying you should be debt free before you spend dime one on something you don't need, then why is there a forumn of Trip Reports? I guarantee that not all of those people have back medical debt but they do have debt of some sort.

Be honest with yourself and know that if "you" with great credit and impecable morality can afford 100% of your bills if all your income in your home was lost as of tomorrow - then fine. I do not know anyone who can say that besides maybe Bill Gates and Warren Buffet . I doubt they are here hiding behind an avatar.

Most of us would be stewed, including those of us who might go on a trip in 2 days or have just gotten back from one.

The OP had debt she should have been responsible for. No questions asked and I think we can all agree the most ideal circumstance was for her to have a plan on paying it in conjunction to any OOP money she was spending on anything.

That is not what happened and now the OP will have to figure it out.

I can tell you though that for some people who put $8,000+ for example, on a CC for a trip, and leave with grteat credit, can come home and be jobless - and that person would have a hard time paying the $8,000 back as well. Plus their rent or mortgage and auto payment etc.

Hindsight is always 20/20.

Compassion does not equate releasing accountability.

I want the OP to take responsibilty, have hoped to give them some choices on how to do so that may help but most of all not cast judgement.

I can guarantee I would not agree with all of the peoples personal financial decesions here, just like you would not of mine, no matter what your credit history showed.

At the end of the day though, it comes down to what kind of human being you want to be.

Do you want to be someone who lends a helping hand and teaches a better way out of the muck or one who pushes someone down farther?

I came to the Dis Boards and have always found people friendly and helpful. I have not always agreed with what opinions have been expressed but they had always been respectful.

This 6th grade name calling and banter from some here, makes me ashamed to think about what any new person visiting the Dis must think.

It also makes me know that some, have no clue of what Walt was all about.

He borrowed money, stayed away from bills and took loans out on his parents home, his home, brothers homes all with an idea of following his vision. What he wanted. Spent money he did not have and was not his. Lost millions of dollars and kept digging himself farther into financial bancruptcy. In fact it made him so depressed that his doctors prescribed a trip for him to get away from it all.

Foolish - yes.
Risky - yes.
Irresponsible - yes.

Yet here we all sit and are fans of Disney today.

How can you claim love for one and flog the next?

Financial stupidity is something we all can lay claim to.

It's just a matter of who wants to own it and who wants to act like they never did it.

Best post I have seen in months...

 

[Scurvy]

How many here put any of their trip on a credit card? How about Holiday gifts? How many people owe money on a house? Student Loans? A car?

Be very careful of the finger you point when 99% of us live beyond our means every day. If you owe $1 on something - you are living beyond your means.

Because it is on credit or wrapped in the context of a loan - it is still money you owe and if you are saying you should be debt free before you spend dime one on something you don't need, then why is there a forumn of Trip Reports? I guarantee that not all of those people have back medical debt but they do have debt of some sort.

---------------------------------------------------
The OP had debt she should have been responsible for. No questions asked and I think we can all agree the most ideal circumstance was for her to have a plan on paying it in conjunction to any OOP money she was spending on anything.

Hindsight is always 20/20.

I don't comment on these sorts of threads, because there's just no point. Anything I want to say has already been said by the time I'm ready to say it. And frankly, nothing I say is going to change anyone's mind anyway.

However, I had to reply to this.

Certainly most people on these boards are not debt-free. They have house payments, or car payments, or even credit card payments. Many of us choose to travel despite any outstanding debt we may have, even though it would perhaps be smarter in the long run to go on and pay off our debts more quickly. We decide that it is worth it to us to pay more interest in the long run so that we can travel now. And that's fine, because it's our money and we can be as wise or as foolish with it as we choose to be. We are abiding by the agreements we made when we borrowed the money, and the companies to whom we owe money have no claim over anything else as long as we are making the monthly payments we agreed to.

The situation in the OP is completely different. She owes someone money now that she was already supposed to have paid. She isn't being foolish with her own money, she's refusing to pay them their money. If she had made an agreement before receiving treatment to pay $200/month until the debt was settled, then it would be no one's business if she chose to travel before she was finished paying, as long as she was paying the $200 each month. She didn't do that. She received services and is now refusing to pay for them. She knew she owed the money, but chose to spend it on a luxury for herself instead of paying it to the hospital.

It isn't a matter of hindsight. She knew when she went to the hospital that there would be a bill. She knew she hadn't arranged some sort of payment schedule. When she went on her trip she knew she still owed the money. There's no way that all this comes as a surprise to her now. She said in the OP that she thought they'd just write off her debt. She didn't intend to pay it, and now that she realizes they won't write it off she expects them to give her a discount. She owes a debt, and she needs to pay it. And if that means cancelling vacations or doing without luxuries then that's what she needs to do.

To compare her situation to that of people who have borrowed money and are honoring the terms of their agreements seems completely ridiculous to me.

 

[HLAuburn]

Certainly most people on these boards are not debt-free. They have house payments, or car payments, or even credit card payments. Many of us choose to travel despite any outstanding debt we may have, even though it would perhaps be smarter in the long run to go on and pay off our debts more quickly. We decide that it is worth it to us to pay more interest in the long run so that we can travel now. And that's fine, because it's our money and we can be as wise or as foolish with it as we choose to be. We are abiding by the agreements we made when we borrowed the money, and the companies to whom we owe money have no claim over anything else as long as we are making the monthly payments we agreed to.

The situation in the OP is completely different. She owes someone money now that she was already supposed to have paid. She isn't being foolish with her own money, she's refusing to pay them their money. If she had made an agreement before receiving treatment to pay $200/month until the debt was settled, then it would be no one's business if she chose to travel before she was finished paying, as long as she was paying the $200 each month. She didn't do that. She received services and is now refusing to pay for them. She knew she owed the money, but chose to spend it on a luxury for herself instead of paying it to the hospital.

It isn't a matter of hindsight. She knew when she went to the hospital that there would be a bill. She knew she hadn't arranged some sort of payment schedule. When she went on her trip she knew she still owed the money. There's no way that all this comes as a surprise to her now. She said in the OP that she thought they'd just write off her debt. She didn't intend to pay it, and now that she realizes they won't write it off she expects them to give her a discount. She owes a debt, and she needs to pay it. And if that means cancelling vacations or doing without luxuries then that's what she needs to do.

To compare her situation to that of people who have borrowed money and are honoring the terms of their agreements seems completely ridiculous to me.

Well put!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Dizneydawn, I agree with a lot of what you said. However, not only did the OP come on here asking for advice, but she also came with an attitude that somehow the hospital "owed" it to her to reduce the fees, cough up the paper work, or even write off the entire bill. I think that gets a lot of people angry, especially when many of us who have insurance still have to pay a lot of money for medical expenses.
I agree with you- 100%. Like I said use tough love - hold the person accountable - I am the one who said she should swallow it all and the legal fees and thus salvage her credit plus be a heck of a learning lesson.

Believe me - I get it. People who don't work with hospitals are part of the reason after my son's injury I got to collections over something that won't be mine to cover when all said and done.

I was frustrated like so many of you. You though - through the frustration offered solutions. That is what I am asking for - people all screw up. Posting here is not supposed to be judgement day. Don't feel sorry for her. I don't care.

Just don't throw public humiliation on top of it.
Maybe some responses were harsh, but I don't think you can expect to come on here, a Disney board where you've posted about your recent trips and ticket upgrades, and ask for sympathy about a bill you've obviously ignored and let get out of control for a long while now.
I again agree. I don't think I showed sympathy - just a solution offering.

What I have sympathy for is not what she did to herself but what was compunded by others.
Sure, probably 99.9% of people on here owe something to someone, but I don't see taking out a mortgage and paying it every month on time the same as ignoring a medical bill for services already rendered and hoping it just goes away. Not the same - but not being able to afford a trip has many contexts and I know people who think I am an idiot for going on any vacations until my mortgage is paid in full. So what for one person is being fiscally responsible - for another person might mean justification of being berated.

If we open up that can - all of us could get harrassed because someone will always object to how we spend our money. You could post about how should you go about finding coupons or codes for a discounted stay - and someone else could say you are cheating Disney and if you did not get it honestly - don't borrow others. If you can't afford to go at 100% cost - don't go at all.

You could ask for someones advice on how to get an X-box for the least amount of money since you just lost your job and want to still get your kid their dream gift this Christmas. Someone could then say you are a fool to buy the kid something that big when you just lost your job.

It's a slippery slope passing judgement. That's all.

If my mortgage was behind or even if we had credit card debt, I could not justify going on a trip to Disney World, and I would feel silly for asking for "support" when the reason I'm in the situation I am in is because I made a series of bad decisions.
I took advice as support - not condoning her actions.
I posted early on and gave the OP my advice. I think its late, but maybe not TOO late to do something about the bill. I think the attitude that it will just "go away" got her in way over her head, and I think maybe these "unsupportive" posts might be what she needs to realize its the past decisions (including taking a vacation rather than paying overdue bills) that got her in this situation, and if there's any chance of resolving the issue and saving her credit, she better do something NOW.

We are actually in 100% agreement. I think tough love is called for here. A kick in the pants if you will. Getting a court document was definately a wake up call. IMO - paying it all and not getting a reduction - for others they had different ideas. I don't think anyone who posted here was denying her responsibility to pay back.

 

[happygirl]

I am going to put myself out there by saying this -

I agree with everyone here that people need to pay their bills. Every one of us to the best of our ability.

I also will say that not a one of us will know what the other ones history is by reading old posts or is supposed to be here to ridicule or demoralize anyone.

Advice - yes.
Guidance - yes.
Tough Love & support - Yes.

But calling someone out or throwing their inventory out for the world to see is casting stones. It is also out of context and does not make you a biographer. It makes you a bully in the dark throwing one liners to hurt someone from the privacy of your own home/office. Not very brave.

I travel cash only.

How many here put any of their trip on a credit card? How about Holiday gifts? How many people owe money on a house? Student Loans? A car?

Be very careful of the finger you point when 99% of us live beyond our means every day. If you owe $1 on something - you are living beyond your means.

Because it is on credit or wrapped in the context of a loan - it is still money you owe and if you are saying you should be debt free before you spend dime one on something you don't need, then why is there a forumn of Trip Reports? I guarantee that not all of those people have back medical debt but they do have debt of some sort.

Be honest with yourself and know that if "you" with great credit and impecable morality can afford 100% of your bills if all your income in your home was lost as of tomorrow - then fine. I do not know anyone who can say that besides maybe Bill Gates and Warren Buffet . I doubt they are here hiding behind an avatar.

Most of us would be stewed, including those of us who might go on a trip in 2 days or have just gotten back from one.

The OP had debt she should have been responsible for. No questions asked and I think we can all agree the most ideal circumstance was for her to have a plan on paying it in conjunction to any OOP money she was spending on anything.

That is not what happened and now the OP will have to figure it out.

I can tell you though that for some people who put $8,000+ for example, on a CC for a trip, and leave with grteat credit, can come home and be jobless - and that person would have a hard time paying the $8,000 back as well. Plus their rent or mortgage and auto payment etc.

Hindsight is always 20/20.

Compassion does not equate releasing accountability.

I want the OP to take responsibilty, have hoped to give them some choices on how to do so that may help but most of all not cast judgement.

I can guarantee I would not agree with all of the peoples personal financial decesions here, just like you would not of mine, no matter what your credit history showed.

At the end of the day though, it comes down to what kind of human being you want to be.

Do you want to be someone who lends a helping hand and teaches a better way out of the muck or one who pushes someone down farther?

I came to the Dis Boards and have always found people friendly and helpful. I have not always agreed with what opinions have been expressed but they had always been respectful.

This 6th grade name calling and banter from some here, makes me ashamed to think about what any new person visiting the Dis must think.

It also makes me know that some, have no clue of what Walt was all about.

He borrowed money, stayed away from bills and took loans out on his parents home, his home, brothers homes all with an idea of following his vision. What he wanted. Spent money he did not have and was not his. Lost millions of dollars and kept digging himself farther into financial bancruptcy. In fact it made him so depressed that his doctors prescribed a trip for him to get away from it all.

Foolish - yes.
Risky - yes.
Irresponsible - yes.

Yet here we all sit and are fans of Disney today.

How can you claim love for one and flog the next?

Financial stupidity is something we all can lay claim to.

It's just a matter of who wants to own it and who wants to act like they never did it.

You are 100% right everyone had debt not everyone is trying to get out of it or trying to get the company to eat it. DO you really think I could go to my car payment place and say Can you eat this loan, I can't afford it. They would laugh me out the door. You come on the Dis boards to complain you have to take the good with the bad, This is real life not some Disney film, Everyone has very strong opinion.

 

[pweyl36]

I can only imagine the pain. Mine is still oozing since the scab fell off yesterday - a month after the surgery. I have to put the bandages back on - yuck. I agree, anyone who survives a burn is a brave. The pain is INTENSE! He does deserve compensation - just to give something back (I know it's not about the money but it would be nice)

She should talk to a lawyer.

 

[DawnM]

I just don't believe owing on a house as the same....I do believe you should have no debt other than mortgage, live below your means, have a good savings and retirement, and pay cash for everything else.

And yes, we do live this way. We do hope to pay off a house before too long.

I do not see living in excess all the time is the same as owing on a home you can afford (and by that I mean 25% max of your income on a 15 year loan.)

Dawn

How many here put any of their trip on a credit card? How about Holiday gifts? How many people owe money on a house? Student Loans? A car?

Be very careful of the finger you point when 99% of us live beyond our means every day. If you owe $1 on something - you are living beyond your means.

.

 

[mjkacmom]

I would have no problem paying if they lower the amount or if they showed me why it cost so much? Or if I had steady work.

I just read in our paper that where I live (NJ), has the highest hospital rates in the country, and the non-insured are billed 4 times as much as the insurance companies. It's legal, but sure stinks for those without health insurance. My dad always told me that my number one priority in life is to always have health insurance (even if it meant sleeping in my car!). One serious injury or illness can ruin your whole life (which I was I support universal healthcare).

Here's a link to the article - the hospitals state they are willing to work with patients, however: http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/12/cost_of_health_care_in_nj_hosp.html

 

[wdwfan16]

I don't comment on these sorts of threads, because there's just no point. Anything I want to say has already been said by the time I'm ready to say it. And frankly, nothing I say is going to change anyone's mind anyway.

However, I had to reply to this.

Certainly most people on these boards are not debt-free. They have house payments, or car payments, or even credit card payments. Many of us choose to travel despite any outstanding debt we may have, even though it would perhaps be smarter in the long run to go on and pay off our debts more quickly. We decide that it is worth it to us to pay more interest in the long run so that we can travel now. And that's fine, because it's our money and we can be as wise or as foolish with it as we choose to be. We are abiding by the agreements we made when we borrowed the money, and the companies to whom we owe money have no claim over anything else as long as we are making the monthly payments we agreed to.

The situation in the OP is completely different. She owes someone money now that she was already supposed to have paid. She isn't being foolish with her own money, she's refusing to pay them their money. If she had made an agreement before receiving treatment to pay $200/month until the debt was settled, then it would be no one's business if she chose to travel before she was finished paying, as long as she was paying the $200 each month. She didn't do that. She received services and is now refusing to pay for them. She knew she owed the money, but chose to spend it on a luxury for herself instead of paying it to the hospital.

It isn't a matter of hindsight. She knew when she went to the hospital that there would be a bill. She knew she hadn't arranged some sort of payment schedule. When she went on her trip she knew she still owed the money. There's no way that all this comes as a surprise to her now. She said in the OP that she thought they'd just write off her debt. She didn't intend to pay it, and now that she realizes they won't write it off she expects them to give her a discount. She owes a debt, and she needs to pay it. And if that means cancelling vacations or doing without luxuries then that's what she needs to do.

To compare her situation to that of people who have borrowed money and are honoring the terms of their agreements seems completely ridiculous to me.

Bingo

DizneyDawn - You believe in tough love and the OP is being given tough love. If she was my sister and came to me about her being sued for Christmas and she just got back from Disney I would have told her the same thing.

 

[Dizneydawn]

Wow. Great post.

Best post I have seen in months...

Thanks - I had to go put on my son's snowmobile helmet just as a precaution!

It isn't a matter of hindsight. She knew when she went to the hospital that there would be a bill. She knew she hadn't arranged some sort of payment schedule. When she went on her trip she knew she still owed the money. There's no way that all this comes as a surprise to her now.
Using the term hindsight is 20/20 - I meant we all make decessions that are not the most responsible and we regret. Not just in this circumstance or example.
To compare her situation to that of people who have borrowed money and are honoring the terms of their agreements seems completely ridiculous to me.

I agree again with everything you wrote (including what I ommited from the quote.) I don't agree with her choice. I wasn't trying to do an apples to apples comparrison - I was just trying to give food for thought for those who believe they are superior to others because there is always someone else who can one up you when you think you have your budget and your life on paper all figured out.

There is always something unforseen/or ignored that make you wish you had made different choices later on. Judging someone elses mistakes isn't our place here. We are not here to be judge jury and executioner.

It is a budget board. That is it. I thought we are supposed to help people out of cruddy situations they are in - self imposed or not.

If I am wrong - than I do not belong on this thread.

 

[DisneyMomma81]

I agree with everyone here that people need to pay their bills. Every one of us to the best of our ability.

I don't agree with that ~ that sounds Marxist http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marxist_philosophy

If I get medical treatment and someone who makes less than me gets that same treatment as well as someone who make 10 x's what I make **well I feel we should all be charged the same amount, and should pay the same amount, now those who are wise will have insurance which helps.

 

[all4themouse]

My mother and sister use the same screen name sorry everyone here is so quick to judge I have not been to disney since 2006 can't afford it sorry. All I asked for was an opinon and I got alot of different ones. It amazes me how many people jump to cunclusions. My family is not very computer savy so when they have a question about Disney I am the one they ask because I enjoyed getting on here reading your stories, ideas, and experiences. I see now that I got blasted without anyone even asking. I can't put my life story on here but good grief people don't take your negative feelings out on me. Get over because I am over this I just talked to the hospital it was a huge billing error and I just paid them the correct amount that it was supposed to be. Thanks to the few nice people who told me to go look at the bill with somebody.

Merry Christmas

 

[wdwfan16]

My mother and sister use the same screen name sorry everyone here is so quick to judge all I asked for was an opinon and I got alot of different ones. It amazes me how many people jump to cunclusions. My family is not very computer savy so when they have a question about Disney I am the one they ask because I enjoyed getting on here reading your stories, ideas, and experiences. I see now that I got blasted without anyone even asking. I can't put my life story on here but good grief people don't take your negative feelings out on me. Get over because I am over this I just talked to the hospital it was a huge billing error and I just paid them the correct amount that it was supposed to be. Thanks to the few nice people who told me to go look at the bill with somebody.

Merry Christmas

We just had a Christmas Miracle!!!!!

 

[crisi]

Yes there are some hospitals who make a profit, but there are many others that are happy to break even each year. And in the end, it's the employees that suffer.

Not only the employees, but the other patients and sometimes the entire community. My sister is a hospital administrator for a small hospital in "the middle of nowhere." They are never "profitable." And they live in fear of being shut down. That would mean that the closest hospital would be 40 minutes away by freeway. They'd set up a clinic if they close the hospital. And the clinic would be able to airlift you in an emergency. But if the community looses its hospital, it will be a huge blow to the town.

 

[happygirl]

My mother and sister use the same screen name sorry everyone here is so quick to judge I have not been to disney since 2006 can't afford it sorry. All I asked for was an opinon and I got alot of different ones. It amazes me how many people jump to cunclusions. My family is not very computer savy so when they have a question about Disney I am the one they ask because I enjoyed getting on here reading your stories, ideas, and experiences. I see now that I got blasted without anyone even asking. I can't put my life story on here but good grief people don't take your negative feelings out on me. Get over because I am over this I just talked to the hospital it was a huge billing error and I just paid them the correct amount that it was supposed to be. Thanks to the few nice people who told me to go look at the bill with somebody.

Merry Christmas

 

[lillygator]

My mother and sister use the same screen name sorry everyone here is so quick to judge I have not been to disney since 2006 can't afford it sorry. All I asked for was an opinon and I got alot of different ones. It amazes me how many people jump to cunclusions. My family is not very computer savy so when they have a question about Disney I am the one they ask because I enjoyed getting on here reading your stories, ideas, and experiences. I see now that I got blasted without anyone even asking. I can't put my life story on here but good grief people don't take your negative feelings out on me. Get over because I am over this I just talked to the hospital it was a huge billing error and I just paid them the correct amount that it was supposed to be. Thanks to the few nice people who told me to go look at the bill with somebody.

Merry Christmas

wow, amazing how that cleared right up!