Colorado mom assumed Medicaid would cover her daughter's ambulance — until a debt collector took $3K off her paycheck

Nicole Silva wasn’t expecting a bill after her daughter received urgent medical care following a car crash. After all, she says, the entire family was on Medicaid. But a debt collector took the preschool teacher from Sanford, Colorado, to court over an unpaid ambulance ride totaling $2,181.60, which grew to over $3,000 including interest and court fees, according to KFF Health News. (1) Silva fought the bill, but to no avail, and a judge ordered her wages be garnished to the tune of around $500 per month ...