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Please, enough with the cartoons 

There was a lot to chirp about in this Long Island town.
A lazuli bunting, known for living on the West Coast, visited the bird feeder at Meigan Madden Rocco’s Flanders, Long Island home to the pleasant surprise of bird lovers near and far.
Hundreds of visitors, from Connecticut, New Jersey and even Buffalo and Ithaca, flocked there to see the blue songbird, which is a rarity in the Northeast and has only been spotted in New York once before, in 1998.
“There were people that would see this bird and start crying,” Rocco told The Post.
“They were praying, hugging each other, high-fiving when the bird would come. This is apparently on every birdwatcher’s bucket list.”
The creature first made an appearance on April 18 and returned every day until Monday, once an hour.
“That’s pretty much what they do during any migration, but especially such a long one. They’ll stop along the route and fill up and fuel themselves for the next leg,” she explained.
“And according to the bird experts I’ve spoken to, they said that Monday night’s conditions were prime for the birds to migrate and there were a lot of birds flying that night.”
When Rocco first saw the bird outside, she took its picture and sent it to her friend, a former wildlife officer at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.
“She texted me back almost immediately and said, ‘I think that’s a lazuli bunting, but the location makes no sense.'”
When her friend confirmed it was in fact a lazuli bunting, she reported it as a rare bird sighting on the database eBird and even added its photo to the Facebook group New State Rare Bird Alert.
“I had no idea what was in store because then within probably three or four hours, I started getting text messages, emails, some people called me,” she said.
Spectators wanted to repay Rocco for the once-in-a-lifetime sighting, so she asked them to donate to the Southampton Animal Shelter.
“They called me yesterday and a week later, they’re still trying to get through all the donations,” she said.
She said it didn’t bother her to have so many unexpected visitors.
“I didn’t mind at all because I really enjoyed watching the people and their reactions. But it was definitely different getting up in the morning and having binoculars and camera lens pointing in my kitchen window,” she said, laughing.
I WOULD HAVE FLIPPED THEM THE BIRD!
       

True story:  pre-Internet era, I was in line at the Tampa Airport rent-a-car when a guy asked how far to Fort Lauderdale, about 30 minutes?  His secretary had booked the flight to Tampa because flying into Tampa was a lot cheaper and according to the secretary, Fort Lauderdale was "right next door."
All of us within earshot just looked at each other like, "uh, who's gonna tell him?"  Finally a woman broke the bad news, that Fort Lauderdale was a 4-hour drive, more with traffic.
OK, not as bad as ending up in Austria when you meant to go to Australia, but the pissed-off look on the guy's face was priceless.

As a gay only child, I just assumed it was a case of great good luck.

Or was it?

Mine are like launch buttons! All systems go!

Given his lack of transparency, as well as -kindly put- the "misinformation" involved (SSN), the less he talks to his insurer the better off he might be. That sort of behavior and lack of honesty will not make him seen trustworthy and might well negate any effort for a scheduled payment plan to the ER. Also, providing false information to the insurer may be grounds to negate the coverage contract altogether.
I genuinely feel for his predicament, but his lack of candor has not helped him.

Do you know of any explanation as to why the visit wasn't covered? As ER visits go, though, a bill of $4200 isn't that bad; my last one was $14K+, although after Medicare and Supplemental adjustments, my share was less than $500.
I know insurance companies do not like their insured customers going to an ER for non-life threatening or otherwise less serious conditions, and many people use them in place of a regular primary physician. ERs are notoriously -and ridiculously- expensive and visits to a doctor's office are almost always much cheaper. For this reason, his policy might have severe limitations for ER coverage, including a significantly higher deductible.
Of course, the escort was in a tough situation, being away from home base, with no local connections for medical care/doctors, and in pain. And since he was away from home, he would almost certainly have been out-of-network, if that applied to his coverage.
He might talk to his insurance provider to better understand their reasons, and if they don't appear to be reasonable or contractually compliant, he might contact his state's insurance regulatory office for advice or to file a complaint.

As others have said, if he's using someone else's SSN and name, the debt collector worry isn't really a worry.
My worry is him being hit with insurance fraud at this point.  It's a very real possibility when they find out.

Given his lack of transparency, as well as -kindly put- the "misinformation" involved (SSN), the less he talks to his insurer the better off he might be. That sort of behavior and lack of honesty will not make him seen trustworthy and might well negate any effort for a scheduled payment plan to the ER. Also, providing false information to the insurer may be grounds to negate the coverage contract altogether.
I genuinely feel for his predicament, but his lack of candor has not helped him.

Looks like someone had an accident…

Given his lack of transparency, as well as -kindly put- the "misinformation" involved (SSN), the less he talks to his insurer the better off he might be. That sort of behavior and lack of honesty will not make him seen trustworthy and might well negate any effort for a scheduled payment plan to the ER. Also, providing false information to the insurer may be grounds to negate the coverage contract altogether.
I genuinely feel for his predicament, but his lack of candor has not helped him.

Given his lack of transparency, as well as -kindly put- the "misinformation" involved (SSN), the less he talks to his insurer the better off he might be. That sort of behavior and lack of honesty will not make him seen trustworthy and might well negate any effort for a scheduled payment plan to the ER. Also, providing false information to the insurer may be grounds to negate the coverage contract altogether.
I genuinely feel for his predicament, but his lack of candor has not helped him.

A man told a friend he was afraid his wife had died. His friend asked why he thought that. "Well," said the man, "the sex is the same, but the dishes are piling up."

I remember seeing his previous ad and always thought he was highly desirable; handsome, hunky, and hung, just the way I like 'em! And with nearly 50 positive reviews, I see I'm not alone in my affections.

Should have bought when the market was low?😉