And now, it comes down to the money...........
“To force Erick Muñoz into bankruptcy over an act that was clearly inappropriate and wrong and should have never happened is completely and totally unfair,” his attorney told Panicker last month.
John Peter Smith Hospital said Friday it has not yet determined who will pay for Marlise Muñoz’s two-month stay that ended with a judge’s order to remove her from life support.
Earlier this morning, WFAA’s Jobin Panicker tweeted that Erick Muñoz would “not be billed” for the 62 days his wife Marlise was kept on life support at John Peter Smith Hospital. Shortly after that, the hospital issued a brief statement intended to correct, or at least clarify, that assertion.
“JPS Health Network is following its standard process for identifying reimbursement in the Marlise Muñoz case, as it would in any patient case,” said the statement from Jill “J.R.” Labbe, its vice president of communications and community affairs. “We are working through Erick Muñoz’s insurance company.”
When asked to further clarify the clarification, Labbe told The Dallas Morning News that JPS is “pursuing our normal process in identifying payers and reimbursement.” She added that “there is insurance here, and we’re working through the Muñozes’ insurance company.”
Marlise Muñoz, a paramedic, collapsed November 26 at her Haltom City home, most likely because of a pulmonary embolism. She was 14 weeks pregnant, and the hospital refused to remove her from life support despite her husband’s wishes — and, eventually, his claim in a lawsuit that she was in fact brain dead. The hospital said that because the child had a heartbeat, it was legally bound to keep Marlise alive. In late January State District Judge R.H. Wallace ruled that the hospital had misinterpreted state law and ordered her removed from life support. JPS ultimately relented.
Since then there has been a question about who would cover her medical bills: Marlise’s husband, the couple’s insurance company, the publicly owned and taxpayer-funded hospital or even the state of Texas (as suggested by a Daily Kos petition virtually signed by 53,365).
John Peter Smith says hospital still trying to determine who will pay for brain-dead woman’s 62-day stay | Dallas Morning News
“To force Erick Muñoz into bankruptcy over an act that was clearly inappropriate and wrong and should have never happened is completely and totally unfair,” his attorney told Panicker last month.
John Peter Smith Hospital said Friday it has not yet determined who will pay for Marlise Muñoz’s two-month stay that ended with a judge’s order to remove her from life support.
Earlier this morning, WFAA’s Jobin Panicker tweeted that Erick Muñoz would “not be billed” for the 62 days his wife Marlise was kept on life support at John Peter Smith Hospital. Shortly after that, the hospital issued a brief statement intended to correct, or at least clarify, that assertion.
“JPS Health Network is following its standard process for identifying reimbursement in the Marlise Muñoz case, as it would in any patient case,” said the statement from Jill “J.R.” Labbe, its vice president of communications and community affairs. “We are working through Erick Muñoz’s insurance company.”
When asked to further clarify the clarification, Labbe told The Dallas Morning News that JPS is “pursuing our normal process in identifying payers and reimbursement.” She added that “there is insurance here, and we’re working through the Muñozes’ insurance company.”
Marlise Muñoz, a paramedic, collapsed November 26 at her Haltom City home, most likely because of a pulmonary embolism. She was 14 weeks pregnant, and the hospital refused to remove her from life support despite her husband’s wishes — and, eventually, his claim in a lawsuit that she was in fact brain dead. The hospital said that because the child had a heartbeat, it was legally bound to keep Marlise alive. In late January State District Judge R.H. Wallace ruled that the hospital had misinterpreted state law and ordered her removed from life support. JPS ultimately relented.
Since then there has been a question about who would cover her medical bills: Marlise’s husband, the couple’s insurance company, the publicly owned and taxpayer-funded hospital or even the state of Texas (as suggested by a Daily Kos petition virtually signed by 53,365).
John Peter Smith says hospital still trying to determine who will pay for brain-dead woman’s 62-day stay | Dallas Morning News
