It’s enough to drive you, well…batty. Erica Kahn was taking night photos at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area in Arizona when a bat flew into her face and got tangled between her camera and her mouth. She screamed and part of the bat went into her mouth for a few seconds. Her father, who is a doctor, told her to get rabies shots at a hospital just in case. Kahn had lost her job and didn’t have health insurance, so she bought a policy online the day after the bat incident.
She thought she would be covered since the company told her accidents would be included. Over two weeks, she got four rabies shots and three immunoglobulin shots at hospitals in Arizona, Massachusetts, and Colorado. But when the bills came, her insurance refused to pay because of a 30-day waiting period. The total cost was $20,749, with most of it from the first hospital. She’s now employed again with good insurance but still owes more than $19,000 and is trying to appeal the denials.
Source: RawsAlert
