5.7 EARTHQUAKE. >> NOW THE TEAM IS GOING TO CHECK BACK IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS STUDY THE DATA AND WE ARE HEARING FROM ANOTHER PERSON TONIGHT WHO SAYS AMBULANCE COMPANY SENT THEM A BILL FOR THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. THEY SHOULD HAVE NEVER GOT NEWS FOR SPENCER HUMPHREY BROUGHT US THE STORY FIRST ON MONDAY AND HE'S HERE WITH THIS NEWEST DEVELOPMENT. SPENCER. >> YEAH, GUYS ON MONDAY MAY REMEMBER I TOLD YOU ABOUT A WOMAN WHO GOT A BILL FROM AN AMBULANCE SERVICE. THIS SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN CALLED TO PICK HER UP IN THE FIRST PLACE. NOW I'M HEARING FROM ANOTHER WOMAN WHO SAYS THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO HER FAMILY, EVEN DOWN TO THE LOCATION. BACK ON MONDAY, I INTRODUCED YOU TO SUZANNE OLDS WHO COULDN'T BELIEVE WHEN SHE GOT AN AMBULANCE BILL FOR MORE THAN $2000 IN THE MAIL. I WAS SHOCKED. YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT BILL CAME FROM PAFFORD EMS WHICH SERVES THE CITY OF UCONN. THE PROBLEM IS THE URGENT CARE CENTER. THE PAFFORD AMBULANCE PICTURE UP FROM IS ACTUALLY IN OKLAHOMA CITY WHERE EMSA IS THE AMBULANCE PROVIDER. >> I TOLD YOU SHE PAYS A FEE ON HER WATER BILL EACH MONTH TO ENROLL IN EMSA CARE WHICH SHOULD HAVE COVERED THE OUT OF POCKET COSTS OF THAT RIDE HAD MS ACTUALLY PICKED HER UP ALL THAT WORRIED.
RAISE 6 ON THAT STORY AND THE SENATE SENT SIMILAR SITUATION TO WHAT HAPPENED WITH US AND THE LONGER SHE WATCHED, THE MORE FAMILIAR IT SOUNDED, IT SOUNDED ALMOST VERBATIM TO WHAT WE HAVE RECEIVED. SHE SAYS SHE TOOK HER DAUGHTER TO THAT SAME OU HEALTH URGENT CARE CENTER BACK IN OCTOBER, LIKE OLD, SHE SAID THE DOCTOR TOLD HER SHE NEEDED TO BE TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO A HOSPITAL AND SHE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DRIVE THEIR HERSELF. I THINK EVERYTHING FOR BOTH ARE ALREADY BEEN ARRANGED. >> SO WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE A SAY IN TERMS OF WHETHER OR NOT >> TRANSPORT WOULD HAPPEN. ALSO LIKE OLDS, SHE DIDN'T PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THE AMBULANCE ET ON THE SIDE. SHE ASSUMED IT SAYS SINCE SHE WAS AN EMPHASIS SERVICE AREA AND THAT HER EMSA CARE WOULD COVER IT. THAT IS UNTIL JANUARY WE RECEIVED A BILL. >> WHEN I OPENED IT UP, IT WAS FOR A LITTLE OVER $2000. SHE GOT THAT BILL FROM PATH SHE CALLED EMSA AND PAFFORD.
SHE SAYS BOTH AGENCIES TOLD HER SHE'D HAVE TO PAY THE BUILDUP HALFORD MORE THAN $2000. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT? >> YOU CAN AFFORD TO BE HONEST OUT RIGHT NOW. AND FOR NOW, SHE'S WORKED OUT A PAYMENT PLAN. IT'S A LITTLE BIT. >> FRUSTRATING THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. >> I REACHED OUT TO PAFFORD. A SPOKESPERSON TOLD ME OVER THE PHONE HE WISHES DRE'S SECOND OLD WOULD HAVE CALLED PAFFORD BEFORE CALLING US. I INFORMED HIM. THEY SAY THEY DID C.