I won't even respond to anything about the rest of your post because I find that behavior disgusting. Unfortunately I have family that would act like that, but I sure don't have all that drama around my kids.
but anyway...
Dad requested the medical records from the hospital and they want 2000.00 for 3800 pages for both girls!!
This is something I do know something about because in my job I am required to request medical records on a regular basis.
"The Texas Legislature sets the fees for hospital charges for medical records. This is found in §241.154(e) of the Health and Safety Code. (
http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/hs.toc.htm).
These charges are reviewed annually based on the price index as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor. The following fees are effective as of October 19, 2007:
Medical Records in Paper Form
Each hospital charges the following fees for the copying of health care information. Additionally, the hospital charges the actual cost of mailing, shipping or otherwise delivering the provided copies.
1-10 pages: $40.06
11-60 pages: $1.35 per page
61-400 pages: $0.67 per page
More than 400 pages: $0.35 per page
So, although expensive, 3000 pages would be somewhere around $1,200.00.
Sounds like a lot, but 3000 pages seriously? That is a lot of medical records. I have had to request records for someone who was in a serious accident requiring a long hospitalization that didn't add up to that much.