Health Insurance Question for Newborn

So, we paid our final payment today from a $15,000 bill that we received over 3 years ago when our daughter was born. My wife had complications in the hospital so we had a lot of things on our mind at the time, coupled with the fact that we basically know very little about health insurance. We were completely unaware of the fact that we needed to personally add our daughter to our health insurance within 30 days of birth, or we would be paying out of pocket.

Someone came to my wife’s room about two days after the birth and said that they were there to talk about health insurance, but the doctor was in the room at the time, so they said they would come back later, but never did. I assume that short meeting would’ve saved us $15,000 over 3 years. We pleaded with the health insurance company when we received our bill, but they would not budge.

I recently talked to somebody that told me that I should ask Reddit to see if there is anything we could do. I know that the bill is paid off now, but I was wondering if they would have records that would show that we were never talked to about health insurance, and if we weren’t, if there was anything we could do to make them compensate us for their negligence. Is it too late? What steps should we take? Any advice would help.

We live in Michigan by the way and have Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance

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