Erica Kahn will long remember the stay in Arizona (United States) that she made last August with her father. As our colleagues tell KFF Health Newstheir holidays went very well … until this famous night in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. As she photographed the starry sky, a bat suddenly slipped between her camera and her face.
Panicked, the thirty -something began to shout and the little beast took advantage of it to slip into its mouth for a few seconds. She says she did not feel a bite, but her father still advised her to go to the hospital to be vaccinated against rabies. But having lost her job a few weeks before the incident, she was no longer covered.
“Terrous and not very sweet”
Before going to the hospital, she therefore emerged urgently on online health insurance, hoping that this will cover her costs. She then started a preventive treatment against rabies and in total, four doses of vaccine were administered to her. But a few months later, in December, Erica Kahn received an invoice of 20,749 dollars, or around 18,000 euros.
When she thought she was covered, her insurance refused to cover her medical expenses on the grounds that she had subscribed too late. Indeed, in the precipitation, it did not take the time to read the general conditions, specifying that the care received within 30 days of the subscription is not reimbursed.
Today, the American has regained a job and has new health insurance. But he still has a lot of money to pay. “I now know what a taste have bats. It’s earthy and a little sweet … It would be a very funny story, if there had not been this invoice, “she concludes with humor.
