Background: I was in high school (public) and our school just got back from quarantine, and had everybody to take a mandatory covid test every week. Our teachers rounded us up and these people swabbed and tested us. We didn’t sign anything, we didn’t ask for this, we were just told to line up and do it.
Now that was last school year, just this week I received a bill from MEDLAB2020 sent to my home with my full name and my insurance information telling me to pay $3700 for that year of weekly COVID tests. Now, I thought this was free, being in a public school and not having signed or agreeing to anything. So I guess I’ll just call the school up the following Monday or something because I’m not paying this.
I did find a post with pretty much the same situation https://www.reddit.com/r/COVID19positive/comments/10alt16/received_a_billing_email_from_medlab2020/
Edit: I previously made a post in c/california but wanted to post here to see if I would get more traction. Yes, I live in the US of A if it wasn’t obvious.
What are other people in your school saying about it?
It’s likely a fishing expedition, seeing who will pay
I contacted a couple of my friends and they said they haven’t received anything. The only info I have is from that Reddit thread I found while researching these charges
Could be a scam. Send a semi-believable bill to all students you can look up for something you know they all received in school. Wait for the gullible ones to pay. The non-gullible ones direct their rage at the school and not you. Collect whatever money you can and disappear.