A tweet about Dr. Jennifer Gunter's shocking medical bill is stirring up a necessary conversation.
she"wrote a very threatening e-mail to the hospital CEO and told him I would call the newspaper ... and tell everyone how my own hospital tried to bill me for care my dead baby never received."
The mom's heartbreaking post immediately went viral, and it has racked up more than 147,000 likes to date. It's easy to see why. The story is a heartbreaking reminder of how the US health care system functions, and offers just a small glimpse into the battles grieving families face each and every day with medical billing companies. "[A] $120,000 emergency room bill came the day I paid $8,000 for my daughter's funeral,"
."She died because she couldn't afford medicine and treatment after she was released. That is what access to healthcare gets you."
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