We have all heard the stories...now here is a real story with health care at the root of losing a house....unusual story, but goes to show how connected data bases working behind the scenes share and process information, without any attention at the forefront...computers make decisions too based on how the programmers set up the queries and actions to run...this is clearly a story of that nature...one other scary thought...this happens with health care all the time, insurance claims, collections, you name it...accuracy and a human touch should certainly not be out of the picture when needed....BD
Can you imagine losing your home over a $68 dental bill? That's what happened to one Utah woman.
Sonya Capri Ramos says her Salt Lake City home was sold out from under her in 1996 to pay a collections agency seeking payment for dental work performed on one of Ramos's daughters. And despite the fact that she had made three years of payments on a $51,000 mortgage, the title changed hands for just $1,550 at a sheriff's auction.
But the story doesn't end there: Ramos, 41, said she didn't find out that her home no longer belonged to her until two years after the sale. To date, she hasn't moved out.
0 comments :
Post a Comment