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Old 02-07-2004, 05:48 AM   #38
Yorick
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Join Date: January 7, 2001
Location: Breukelen (over the river from New Amsterdam)
Age: 53
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Quote:
Originally posted by Timber Loftis:

However, hospitals do routinely file collections actions against those too poor to pay the hospital bill.
That happened to me the first year I was here. I went to see a doctor. I told them I had no insurance, so they made me pay BEFORE I got treated. They would have refused me otherwise.

However, once in there, the doctor suggested a throat camera thingey. He failed to tell me, that when I got out, they'd hit me with an ADDITIONAL hefty bill I had no way of paying. Actually, the first I knew of this bill was when I got phone calls from the hospital, and then calls from collection agents. For all I know my credit rating is ruined before I even got one.

[ 02-07-2004, 05:50 AM: Message edited by: Yorick ]
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