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Guaranteed Human.

I woke up in a hospital to a $55,000 bill.

Now I'm broke, so I want to get the money back by any means necessary.

My Diego.

I was in Nassas Bahamas, I'm guessing that's the Bahamas, and suffered a stroke unexpectedly. I'm young, low 30s,

and an overall pretty active and healthy. And so a stroke was the last thing I would expect

to happen at this time in my life. Yeah, that sucks. Yeah, that's awful. So when the stroke

hit the left side of my body, I went limp. I wasn't able to talk, walk, or function. It is similar

to being paralyzed and all around sucks. I imagine it sucks a lot. Yeah. I would not recommend a stroke to anyone. The hotel, thankfully, called an ambulance, which brought me to a hospital. And here's where the fun begins, ladies and gentlemen. Step right up, step right up. Let's listen to the story. My my girlfriend let's call her tea went to give them

my health insurance card when i was admitted which covers me internationally but the hospital

refused my insurance and said i don't have coverage and insisted on a cash payment or they would not

treat me wow when you're having a stroke count, so she gave them whatever they wanted

to treat me. This is when T gave them my credit card. Important note, T is not an authorized

card holder on my credit card account. She does not have her own card, nor is she an authorized

signer or user on my account. She simply went into my wallet while I was unconscious

and gave it to them. So I was not able to step in and deal with the situation. I woke up hours

later to tea crying by my bedside. She was explaining to me the situation, even though I was

conscious, I was not able to process nor had the energy to respond. She was explaining that they

would chase her down the hallway for 5,,000, $10,000, $20,000 at a time, whatever they could as if buying a used car.

Wow.

It was surreal and makes me so mad, but she did not have any other options at the time.

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