The Irish Times·3 min read·medium
Woman hit with €1,784 bill after VHI rules Blackrock Clinic stay unnecessary
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Conor Pope
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A patient is disputing a €1,784 bill from the Blackrock Clinic after VHI insurance deemed her second night of hospital stay medically unnecessary. Despite support from her consultant, the insurer maintains that the diagnostic tests performed did not justify an overnight stay.
“I am writing to you now with a problem that I have encountered with the VHI and as I’m getting nowhere with them I’m hoping desperately that you can intervene,” begins a mail from a reader called Mary.
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