You’re better – and you owe $44 million 

Courtesy NYDailyNews.com - Health - NY Daily News  Sun, 01/15/2012 - 22:35

The hospital cured his pneumonia, but the bill — for an eye-popping $44 million — made him sick. Unemployed doorman Alexis Rodriguez couldn’t believe his eyes when he opened an envelope from Bronx-Lebanon Hospital last week and saw what he appeared to owe.


 

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