A health system charged a woman for a shoulder replacement she didn't need and hadn't received. She didn't receive the care, but she did receive the bill and some medical records of a stranger.
Earlier this year, Grace Elizabeth Elliott got a mysterious hospital bill for medical care she had never received. She soon discovered how far a clerical error can reach even across a continent and how frustrating it can be to fix. During a college break in 2013, Elliott, then 22, began to feel faint
Participants in the Art Impact Project created the ornaments at locations in Waukegan, Mundelein and Highland Park recently for distribution by HOPE Ornaments to hospitals and assisted living facilities in Lake County and elsewhere before Christmas.
Elizabeth Elliott, now 38, from Pontefract in West Yorkshire, is proud of her daughter Chloe, now 19, for working hard to become a boss mum for her baby Elizabeth-Hope.