My husband and I have very similar names, they’re literally the male/female versions of each other’s names. This sometimes creates confusion with mail, but it’s never caused a problem till recently.
I had our 2nd baby in July 2016. At the time, I was on some low-income type insurance for pregnant women in California, and that should have covered the cost of the birth.
At the birth, I used no meds, no IV, no pain drugs, nothing, and the baby had no birth problems, so the postpartum care was very routine and we left the hospital the next day.
We have received a bill from that birth, stating there were costs for doing all the newborn tests, testing his blood, delivering him, and a cost for me holding him for 1 hour (they said the mother needs to hold the baby , skin to skin, for 1 hour after birth, so I did). However, this bill came for my HUSBAND. It states HUSBAND came into the hospital in labor, HUSBAND gave birth, HUSBAND did skin to skin.
My husband didn’t have Kaiser. I did. I tried calling and telling them they mixed our names, but they wouldn’t listen. They are trying to charge us for everything out of pocket because he was uninsured while giving birth.
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My husband and I have very similar names, they’re literally the male/female versions of each other’s names. This sometimes creates confusion with mail, but it’s never caused a problem till recently.
I had our 2nd baby in July 2016. At the time, I was on some low-income type insurance for pregnant women in California, and that should have covered the cost of the birth.
At the birth, I used no meds, no IV, no pain drugs, nothing, and the baby had no birth problems, so the postpartum care was very routine and we left the hospital the next day.
We have received a bill from that birth, stating there were costs for doing all the newborn tests, testing his blood, delivering him, and a cost for me holding him for 1 hour (they said the mother needs to hold the baby , skin to skin, for 1 hour after birth, so I did). However, this bill came for my HUSBAND. It states HUSBAND came into the hospital in labor, HUSBAND gave birth, HUSBAND did skin to skin.
My husband didn’t have Kaiser. I did. I tried calling and telling them they mixed our names, but they wouldn’t listen. They are trying to charge us for everything out of pocket because he was uninsured while giving birth.
What can I do?????
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