Thanks for finding that... I forgot that the WRALTechwire article was paywalled, since I was logged in when I clicked the link the first time. They paywall some, but not all, of their articles and I forgot to look for the stupid "lock" icon that meant it was paywalled.
Another related link is here, where it says the caught the guy who hit her:
wow, how fucked up is it that we have to worry about medical bills.... Barbaric country...
Do interns not get medical from their respective companies?
IIRC, the accident happened some time after her internship had ended.
Maybe at tech companies like Google or Amazon, but not normally.
It's not like she was denied treatment - I think that would qualify as barbaric. I do agree that we need a solution in the U.S. to provide necessary medical care without prohibitive cost to the patient, but let's not resort to hyperbole.