Man slapped with nearly $5K hospital bill after fainting from flu shot

A North Carolina man says he had to be hospitalized after fainting from a flu shot, but it’s what happened next that truly made him sick.
When Matt Gleason got discharged, he was reportedly hit with a $4,692 medical bill — which included a $2,961 ER admission fee and nearly $1,000 in charges for blood tests.
The amount was later reduced by his insurer, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, to $3,711 — but since Gleason had a $4,000 annual deductible, he was still responsible for paying off all of it.
While the bill may not seem like a lot to some, the married father of two told Kaiser Health News that it has really put him in a tight spot.
“What it does is wipe out our savings,” he said.
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