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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/rachel71701 on 2025-11-19 15:01:20+00:00.
I fell down a flight of stairs at my work a couple weeks ago. I didn’t want to go to the hospital, I told them I’d just go to an urgent care after work. Nobody listened, and I got sent in an ambulance. (This is in America, so… money).
A few days later, I got an email from the hospital about worker’s compensation. Turns out I had 2 weeks to fill out the form or I’d be charged for my visit. But I had a concussion when I got the email, and I couldn’t remember if it was real. I went back in my email to find it and couldn’t, so I figured I imagined it.
I just got the $3,000 hospital bill. Is there any way I can still get workers comp to cover it, or am I screwed out of $3,000 for falling at work?
Edit: I was not diagnosed with the concussion at the hospital, because I didn’t remember hitting my head. I told my symptoms to my PCP the week after when I followed up with her and she said “yeah, that was definitely a concussion”. The nurse I saw the day after my fall (not at the hospital, follow-up at my work with in-house nurse) ignored the symptoms and wouldn’t acknowledge the concussion.
TL;DR: I fell down a flight of stairs and it cost me $3k