The doctor didn’t show up, but the hospital ER still billed $1,012

Dhaval Bhatt plays Monopoly with his children, Rhidya (left) and Martand, at their home in St. Peters, Missouri. Martand

A toddler burned his hand on the stove. The pediatrician told mom over the phone to take him to the emergency room. But after a long wait for a doctor who never showed, they left. Then the bill came.

(Image credit: Whitney Curtis for Kaiser Health)

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