$1500 for blood work? Good grief... Was this the self pay rate?
I take it that she is not working therefore insurance in which you are seeking would be an individual plan.
If that is the case then there may be provisions regarding pre-existing. However that is determined by the plan itself.
Let me say this: IF she was admitted to the hospital in an emergency situation and she has no insurance they can not turn her away and once she received their bill she could request that they review her case and either adjust the full amount as no income...
Does she have a pretty good relationship with her physician(s)...if so, maybe they could work something out with her...either reduced services or a payment plan.
Ask the administrator / office manager what they would suggest for her to do if they found theirself in this same situation.
Would you daughter qualify for medical care through state assistance, Medicaid?