<prompt> Human: New members, please read through the New User OrientationInstead of posting individual threads for triumphant stories of how youve reached a certain net worth, paid off a loan, or anything else that you want to brag about, lets consolidate everyones stories into one weekly thread!Make a top-level comment if you want to brag about something regarding your personal finances!For past Triumphant Thursday threads, please search the Weekly Archive  <response>: Managed to get a refund for a medical treatment. We needed to pay a company for some tests upfrontout of pocket before theyd release the results - because they were time sensitive - we did so thank you emergency fund!. We submitted everything to our insurance company, and they cut the testing company a check 95 of the bill within a week of us submitting the receipts etc. Months pass. We hear nothing. The testing company have now been paid twice for the tests they completed. I politely escalated to billing, they promised they were working on it. More weeks pass. Its not the money at this point - its the principle. They obviously care about being paid...why shouldnt we care about being refunded. After 2 more weeks of not hearing anything. I called in a favor of a friend who got me the email address of an executive at the company. I politely emailed him with the issue. Within 1 hour, he responds saying its been refunded, and 1 day later - the money is in our account, along with our co-pay as a gesture of good will. 