Did anyone else have problems over the bill with the hospital? I swear these people are the world's biggest idiots. I have called them so many times to talk to them about problems with bills. I don't have a insurance card for the baby yet. They actually expected me to have one before she was born! Then asked me for an insurance card and social security number when she was only a week old! And got upset when I didn't have them! 
Of course, I didn't have an SSN and an insurance card for a 7 day old baby!
You'd think they deal with newborn babies everyday they'd know about the massive amounts of paperwork involved and the time it takes to process it! It can take up to 13 weeks to get a SSN. At least my insurance will not issue a card without an SSN.
Plus they billed the VA for the baby. Duh! The paperwork I gave them from the VA clearly stated that insurance would be paying for the baby and the VA would only pay for me. The paperwork for my care could take up to one year for processing. The letter I gave them said this. The VA called them a number of times and told them this.
In addition, I'm having some problem with my insurance. They keep making us fill out these forms over and over. I don't know what they are doing with them. Maybe someone is using them to line their canary cage.
I am just so annoyed that the child is only 2 months old and the hospital is already making threats about the bills. When they know - no SSN no insurance card. And it can take up to 13 weeks to get an SSN!
I didn't even get her SSN until a couple of weeks ago! Besides, how could I have gotten her an SSN before she was born??? Which is what they seem to expect.
I told dh they must do this to everyone with private insurance. It seems to me that people who deal with newborn babies everyday ought to know that it takes time to get all the paperwork with the birth certificate, SSN and everything else you have to get done when you have a baby processed. We filled out everything immediately after she was born. In fact, dh did it on the day she was born. But you know, it just takes time for all this paperwork to clear the system. And you'd think as a hospital they'd know that! Argh!
But I keep getting these threatening letters about my bill and the baby's bill. I am sick to death of calling them and having the VA and my insurance call them. Why can't they get it through their miniscule brains that these bills will be paid, but not immediately! They don't even bother to read letters and cards I gave them in the first place which tell them this or they would know! Argh!
Okay I'm done ranting. I'm just sick to death of this hospital and these bill problems. Last year they billed an insurance company that was no longer covering my older dd even when I told them flat out we were no longer covered by that insurance and gave them copies of the new card.
Now their stupid billing problems are causing us problems with our new insurance too!
Of course, I didn't have an SSN and an insurance card for a 7 day old baby!You'd think they deal with newborn babies everyday they'd know about the massive amounts of paperwork involved and the time it takes to process it! It can take up to 13 weeks to get a SSN. At least my insurance will not issue a card without an SSN.
Plus they billed the VA for the baby. Duh! The paperwork I gave them from the VA clearly stated that insurance would be paying for the baby and the VA would only pay for me. The paperwork for my care could take up to one year for processing. The letter I gave them said this. The VA called them a number of times and told them this.
In addition, I'm having some problem with my insurance. They keep making us fill out these forms over and over. I don't know what they are doing with them. Maybe someone is using them to line their canary cage.
I am just so annoyed that the child is only 2 months old and the hospital is already making threats about the bills. When they know - no SSN no insurance card. And it can take up to 13 weeks to get an SSN!
I didn't even get her SSN until a couple of weeks ago! Besides, how could I have gotten her an SSN before she was born??? Which is what they seem to expect.I told dh they must do this to everyone with private insurance. It seems to me that people who deal with newborn babies everyday ought to know that it takes time to get all the paperwork with the birth certificate, SSN and everything else you have to get done when you have a baby processed. We filled out everything immediately after she was born. In fact, dh did it on the day she was born. But you know, it just takes time for all this paperwork to clear the system. And you'd think as a hospital they'd know that! Argh!
But I keep getting these threatening letters about my bill and the baby's bill. I am sick to death of calling them and having the VA and my insurance call them. Why can't they get it through their miniscule brains that these bills will be paid, but not immediately! They don't even bother to read letters and cards I gave them in the first place which tell them this or they would know! Argh!
Okay I'm done ranting. I'm just sick to death of this hospital and these bill problems. Last year they billed an insurance company that was no longer covering my older dd even when I told them flat out we were no longer covered by that insurance and gave them copies of the new card.
Now their stupid billing problems are causing us problems with our new insurance too!
Of course you can't have a SSN before the baby is born 
The very best you could have done was go to the SS office and have it issued when you left the hospital, then you can get it right away, but most people don't do that because it's a hassle. You would think they would know all that 
