Bill Of The Month

Watch: Patient Sent to Collections for Surgery She Never Had

A still from a CBS News TV segment shows two photos, an older woman and a younger woman, side by side. Text underneath reads, "Medical bill mix-up. Woman struggles to fix bill for surgery she didn't get."
Bill of the Month: Woman mistakenly charged for shoulder surgery she never had

Grace Elizabeth Elliott got a mysterious hospital bill for medical care she had never received. Even after the hospital acknowledged its error, a collection agency pursued Elliott for the debt.

KHN Editor-in-Chief Elisabeth Rosenthal joins “CBS This Morning” to talk about how difficult a clerical error can be to fix and how patients can respond if it happens to them.

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