Stuck with Hospital Bills after Father Passed Away
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Here's a scenario, which a friend of mine happens to be in:
His father passed away in 2002 from heart failure, and because my friend admitted his father into a private hospital, the hospital is now after him for outstanding bills incurred over a period of 3 years.
His father also did not manage to make out a Will, and hence, his estates and whatever monies, are inaccessible until proper legal procedures to obtain administrator grant is completed.
Meanwhile, the hospital hounds hime for FULL PAYMENT, IMMEDIATELY - to an amount of almost 10K!
What do you guys think? Shouldn't hospitals look into the financial ability of the person who admits a patient besides just being the next of kin? Does it look like a trap? -
News: "a father left huge amount of unpaid credit card bill to son"...
That's life. They don't care. Since when hospital care except to earn your last $$$ before you die. If they care they should not restrict Sporean on which ward they can or cannot stay base on their children income.
Come-on, their children might have family burden & in-laws to take care. Life already tuff. If I am old I wish to live healthy & die in my sleep then to burden my family....
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Survey shows that private hospital is cheaper than Gov Hospital. Unless you are under heavy sub in the lowest C ward.Originally posted by euphratis:News: "a father left huge amount of unpaid credit card bill to son"...
That's life. They don't care. Since when hospital care except to earn your last $$$ before you die. If they care they should not restrict Sporean on which ward they can or cannot stay base on their children income.
Come-on, their children might have family burden & in-laws to take care. Life already tuff. If I am old I wish to live healthy & die in my sleep then to burden my family....
No hosiptalisation plan covers whole life. If not wrong it only covers until 56~60 yrs old max...... after that u r on your own... 
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wait a minute... why didn't your friend settle the bill when his father passed on in 2002? i mean... its kinda the norm to take care of these sort of things either on the spot or really soon after that...Originally posted by ShutterBug:Here's a scenario, which a friend of mine happens to be in:
His father passed away in 2002 from heart failure, and because my friend admitted his father into a private hospital, the hospital is now after him for outstanding bills incurred over a period of 3 years.
His father also did not manage to make out a Will, and hence, his estates and whatever monies, are inaccessible until proper legal procedures to obtain administrator grant is completed.
Meanwhile, the hospital hounds hime for FULL PAYMENT, IMMEDIATELY - to an amount of almost 10K!
What do you guys think? Shouldn't hospitals look into the financial ability of the person who admits a patient besides just being the next of kin? Does it look like a trap? -
Originally posted by CX:wait a minute... why didn't your friend settle the bill when his father passed on in 2002? i mean... its kinda the norm to take care of these sort of things either on the spot or really soon after that...
But that's not the main point to think about now. -
does your friend even have the intention of paying the bill?
if he does there's always the option of paying in instalments to the hospital. there's also the option of using medisave. -
How about directing the hospital to the present address where the patient is resting?
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I think i would like to see the official paperwork for the bills b4 i comment.Originally posted by ShutterBug:Here's a scenario, which a friend of mine happens to be in:
His father passed away in 2002 from heart failure, and because my friend admitted his father into a private hospital, the hospital is now after him for outstanding bills incurred over a period of 3 years.
His father also did not manage to make out a Will, and hence, his estates and whatever monies, are inaccessible until proper legal procedures to obtain administrator grant is completed.
Meanwhile, the hospital hounds hime for FULL PAYMENT, IMMEDIATELY - to an amount of almost 10K!
What do you guys think? Shouldn't hospitals look into the financial ability of the person who admits a patient besides just being the next of kin? Does it look like a trap?
In most cases, while the sympathy is overwhelming, it's usually made out by 'victims' to be far worst then it really is.
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then what is??? see doctor no need to pay money ah?Originally posted by Parka: But that's not the main point to think about now.
u sympathise with them if they don't have the means to pay... but there's no two ways about it... bills incured must be paid.
so from the way it seems to me, there's no plot. and my question is very relevant... why wasn't the bill paid in the first place, why did it drag for 3 years and why are they demanding immediate payment now?
and unless there's a good reason, we should mot jump to conclusions and blame hospitals who obviously do not provide their services for free. what is free in singapore anyway???