A CNN review of court records shows the hospital has sued more than 3,000 people to collect debts over the past 10 years
When Donna Hernandez had the flu last year, she went to her local emergency room in New Mexico, where she received two IV bags of saline, a dose of antiviral medication and a drug to help with her nausea.
She says after about two and a half hours, she was on her way.Hernandez recovered from the flu, but still hasn't recovered from the shock of the bill she received afterward. It was for more than $6,000.She works as a hotel manager, and that's more than 10% of her annual income of $52,000, before taxes.She knew that if she didn't pay her bill, Carlsbad Medical Center might sue her. And then, as part of the lawsuit, they might garnish her wages or put a lien on her house.
Hernandez relived her fear and anger all over again when she received a legal notice at work a few months ago ordering her to garnish the wages of a waitress at the hotel who owed money to Carlsbad Medical Center."There was nothing I could do to stop it or help her, and she's a single mother with three little boys," Hernandez said."What they're doing to her is terrible.
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