REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- A Redwood City family thought they were doing a nice thing when their daughter accepted an offer to participate in a study examining COVID treatments. But their gesture of goodwill backfired when they were hit with a hefty bill.

Maria Fraboni's daughter contracted COVID in 2022. Shortly after testing positive at a local clinic, she got a call from Stanford's Health Care's Infusion Center.

The unsolicited call informed her that Stanford was conducting a COVID research study that supposedly aimed at reducing COVID symptoms, adverse side effects, and long term risks.

Her daughter was told it involved three transfusions -- but would be free. So, she agreed to participate.

Well...

"She was charged all this money," Fraboni said. "My heart was just breaking... I mean

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