Summary
A personal-injury plaintiff cannot recover the amount of medical expenses billed, where the expenses were paid at a discounted rate through Medicare and Medicaid, the Illinois Appellate Court has ruled.
The plaintiff was injured in a traffic accident. She sought to introduce into evidence medical bills totaling $80,000. The amount actually paid by Medicare and the state agency administering Medicaid benefits, however, was $19,000.See the full content of this document
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Plaintiff Can't Recover Expenses Paid by Medicaid, Rules Illinois Appellate Court
The trial judge allowed the jury to consider the $80,0...
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