I carried a child for 26 weeks and unfortunately, had a premature birth of a baby boy who passed away 2 days later. The father of the child is MIA (of course) and I am stuck with massive medical bills, and burial costs..I did not have health insurance, and I have paid for everything out of my own pocket. Is it all all possible to sue the childs father to make him help cover some of these expenses? Or does he have zero responsibility to be involved at all?
2006-08-30 05:55:45 · 17 answers · asked by mrmoran_2000 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Certainly you can sue him, however, you can bet that he will deny paternity. Be prepared to prove that he was the father to your deceased child. This best done by DNA testing. He would have to submit a sample of his DNA, through court order, I would guess, and a sample of your child's would have to be taken for comparison. Let me end by saying that I am truly sorry for your loss.
2006-08-30 06:09:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are being scammed by the hospital, because what it can charge for Medicare and Medicaid depends on what it charges (not what it collects) for uninsured patients.
Make them reduce their charges or tell them to pound sand.
Then start worrying about trying to collect from the MIA, which is hard. There's no obvious law to help you from the bare facts you've stated. Not in the USA.
The irony is that although they might pass the bill to a collection agency they don't really care if they're paid -- the scam is against the System, the feds. You are an innocent victim of a stupid law that fixes what Medicare pays according to what almost nobody really pays in the open market.
Only the uninsured. That's why, as Prof. Elizabeth Warren of Harvard has written, so many uninsured patients file for bankruptcy.
2006-08-30 13:01:36 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tricky 1.
U would have 2 prove he's the father.
& I'm not sure how that would B done.
U really need 2 talk 2 some1 with legal experience 2 look at UR circumstances.
What with U've been thru, U really don't need financial worries 2 add 2 it.
Sending U a big hug, u take care.
2006-08-30 13:05:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry for your loss. my wife carried a second child for 13 weeks and we miscarried.
see about medicaid. they will cover hospital costs. talk to a lawyer
2006-08-30 13:02:14 · answer #4 · answered by PMW1718 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First off, please accept my sincere condolences on the lost of your son. *cyberhug*
Yes, absolutely he is responsible for helping you deal with these bills. Your local county government will have an office to help you hold him accountable.
And may your next childbirth experience be so wonderful that it somehow makes up for your pain and loss!
2006-08-30 13:01:48 · answer #5 · answered by Zebra4 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if youre in California call the medical office for the hospital bills proof of incom... will do... they will help you with all of that and most likely a social worker will help you out w/other questions
2006-08-30 14:58:22 · answer #6 · answered by Jennifer M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
unless you have actual documentation that states he is the father of the baby you miscarried... you will be paying the bills yourself... this is a hard lesson to learn and I am sorry about your loss and the debt you are left to bear.
2006-08-30 13:07:53 · answer #7 · answered by jaimestar64cross 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry about your loss - if you didn't have insurance is it possible you qualify for a state isuued insurance such as medicaid/ - I think you should contact a lawyer about the father's responsibilittes
2006-08-30 13:03:30 · answer #8 · answered by leo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If he is in the US Military, you should be covered by his medical. He is MIA, how could he be involved?
2006-08-30 13:01:35 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just don't pay the hospital they have very little legal recourse
Just act like an illegal alien when they call
2006-08-30 14:25:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋