This past winter, I went to the doctor for a bad case of coughing and also for congestion. The doctor spent about 5 minutes with me and told me I had a sinus infection, and then prescribed very expensive antibiotics to treat this. My wife caught the same thing I had and was also told the same thing. After taking the antibiotics, and then getting stomach ssues since it destroys the good bacteria in the stomach, we found out that it did nothing for us and that we actually had the flu. I contacted the billing department, and they said we’re stuck with the bill.
My question is this - is this something I can not pay, and if so, can I take the company (I believe they are a corporation) to small claims court and ask for a refund for what we did pay (I paid since I did not want us to go to a collection agency/bad credit). In addition, since the company caused us additional expenses by prescribing expensive (>$100/prescription) medicine, can we ask for compensation for this as well?
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I guess it doesn’t hurt to try and go to small claims court, but I don’t think you have much of a case.