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Ghost bill: UVA siphons couple’s tax refund to pay 20-year-old medical debt

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Ghost bill: UVA siphons couple’s tax refund to pay 20-year-old medical debt News-Medical The notice from the Virginia tax department puzzled a Charlottesville couple last October. It said their state income tax refund had been reduced because of an outstanding medical debt to the University of Virginia Medical Center. Instead of $220, they got $110. Mystified, they contacted UVA for details about the unpaid bill. The answer astonished them. The medical center had asked the tax department to withhold the money for medical care their son received in 2001 and 2002. READ MORE

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