If true, that would be illegal. The I-TEAM found there is severely limited oversight for the state program that allows hospitals to step in and claim your money to settle a medical debt. Some are now calling for lawmakers to change that. He grew up in a hardworking family helping his dad farm since he was five.
When he was older, he moved into manufacturing. I started at Bamberg textile mill when I was 15 years old. Money is tight for him and his family. He means stacks of hospital bills. That was to get his appendix removed and for his diabetes years ago at Orangeburg Regional Medical Center.
He says his insurance covered it, or at least he thought so. We found South Carolina has two programs that allow hospitals and government agencies to garnish money from people. Over the last few months, nearly people across the palmetto state have contacted our sister station in Charlotte, WBTV, to say this is happening to them, too.
He said he tried to work out a payment plan with the hospital versus a garnishment but was denied. Jeff Dorcick also says he was denied a payment plan, and along with not being warned, he also was never told about the process to file an appeal. Most hospital systems contract with the South Carolina Association of Counties to submit the debts on their behalf. Both profit from patients. Skip to content.
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