My last thought on the medical bills - there is no chance that $26k was the total bill for an emergency/trauma visit that included a stay and a surgery, plus treating the other wounds, which makes me think this was part that was disputed by someone, whether it was insurance, or the State, whose custody he was in, or whatever.
You seem a little volatile today CH. You’ve gone from making several accusatory posts, to laughing and baiting others.
I’m sorry you are frustrated. Try and take care of yourself. These threads must be hard on you, and you need to prepare yourself that it is only going to get harder as discovery issues with the civil suit move forward.
We are all going to follow it, with great interest, and note every ruling.
There are a couple of different ways that a hospital/ER learns of a patient’s medical history. 1 can definitely be family. Not sure if NJ has or had an HIE (health information exchange) but that is another way that important health information can be obtained. However something like suboxone is not considered life sustaining and probably would not be continued in a critical care setting. As an interesting aside, if a person comes in who is in active addiction, it may be determined that detoxing while undergoing another trauma or critical situation is not advised. A toxicology screen can be run in the ER if addiction is suspected.
Medical care is provided for those who are in custody. I suspect there was a issue with the hospital obtaining the correct information upon Michael’s arrival or updating it appropriately.
I do participate on these threads, as I find the discussion and the ongoing case very interesting.
I enjoy my interactions with MANY posters on COTH. There are many interesting and intelligent folks who post on these forums.
What about you? Are you “proud” of your posts on these forums? You’ve adopted a very confrontational and combative style lately. It seems to me like you are stressed about these threads, and really struggling with the discussion.
I thought you frowned upon people who giggled and made jokes about the mob?
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Oh come on @Virginia_Horse_Mom! It is a different day! Different rules, different twisting of facts by a certain poster, who then cannot understand why she is constantly quoted.
What you fail to understand is that MB’s injuries (IE., injuries that were life threatening (severe head trauma) and/or serious bodily harm) would lawfully authorize self defense. It doesn’t matter how he looks a week later. The self defense law takes no consideration into how one looks a week later after the event.
LK demonstrated with her own hands under oath that the first two shots were fired via his right hand, the third via his left. Likely a large contributing factor as to why MB was found NG to any charges related to RG - the story told by the witnesses being highly improbable and unlikely.
Michael is a man with many talents so if anyone can shoot themselves with a totally broken arm, a traumatic brain injury, a groin chewed to bits and being unconscious, Michael can, right?
I’m guessing that JK got to the hospital pretty quickly, so they would have learned from him within a few hours of her arriving that she was on Suboxone.
I have a medical bill in collections currently. I also have excellent health insurance and have for many years. Evidentially, the treating physician’s staff did not appropriately bill my insurance company so it went unknowingly into collections. I have to get my insurance company to challenge the bill and cover the cost so that it can be removed from my credit report.
Things like this happen. A medical bill in collections is in no way indicative of lack of insurance or refusal to pay - I have no idea why someone would want to willingly paint that picture. Odd.
Don’t forget, empty gun. Yes, I know, an extra clip magically appeared. But still, he would have had to reload, while unconscious, with a mangled arm, TBI, and a mauled groin.