Ontario family receives massive hospital bill as part of LTC law, refuses to pay – CTV
May 9, 2024
A southwestern Ontario woman has received an $8,400 bill from a hospital in Windsor, Ont., after she refused to put her mother in a nursing home she hated — and she says she has no intention of paying it.
Michele Campeau and her 83-year-old mother, Ruth Poupard, are caught up in a relatively new law that allows hospitals to place discharged patients into nursing homes not of their choosing in order to free up beds. If patients refuse to move, they face a fine of $400 per day as they remain at the hospital.
The bill came from Hotel-Dieu Grace Healthcare, where Campeau’s mother remains, with instructions to pay at the cashier’s office or by phone or online. The hospital charged the family for 21 days in March.
“I’m never paying it because the law is wrong,” Campeau said. “It’s unfair what they’re trying to do to seniors.”
