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mama woof
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They sue you. In some states they can garnish wages, in some they can't. It just depends on where you live. You can not be jailed for not paying the bill unless the judge orders you to pay on a payment plan. There is no such thing as debtor's prisons in the US. |
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jezbnme
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they send it to collections and take you to court. however i don't think medical bills can go on your credit report. when i was much younger i didn;t pay a medical bill, they took me to court, i was ordered to pay. i never did. nothing ever happened and that was a good 20 years ago. never went on my credit report and i recall seeing somewhere i think on experian site that medical bills will not be included on report |
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miaRules
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They sue you. Take any money you may recieve in taxes. |
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will end up on your credit report,,
if u can't pay it call the hospital they have programs that can help you if u have no insurance |
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jesuslovesme_jesusforgaveme
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They keep sending you bills and it goes on your credit report which makes it harder to get credit and your can;t buy a house if you have bad credit. Now hospital bills are the number 1 depth in America |
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genghis1947
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All depends. If you went to an emergency room for treatment, they woll take you to court to collect the costs and obtain a judgement followed by a lien on your banking (which will entirely freeze your account and prevent bill paying) as well as on your vehicles and other property and garnish your wages.
If you were hosp[italized a week or so, they may have already obtained a hospital lien for the unspecified amount and they will soon collect. No court case required for obtaining that lien.
Then if you have a judgement and have not obtained an amiable payment plan, you will be needing a different hospital for future emergencies. They do not have to take you as a patient if you are already indebted and not paying. Nor does any other hospital have to accept you in their corporation. Other hospitals will still accept you to a point. Emergency only before turning you out. That though may relegate you to a county hospital for care as an indigent. Unless the hospital you aren't paying is a county hospital already. In which case you have already burned all your bridges. And likely you will be simply told to take two aspirin and come back in a month if you're still alive. And none of this will help in your employment, credit ar ability to buy or rent a property. And you may also join the ranks of those that require big deposits on utility services. |
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They will sue you and collect from whatever assets you have, including future wages. |
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justiasking
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it generally will go to a collections agency who will then contact you in an attempt to collect the money. If you don't respond, they could choose to sue or file it as nonpayment and then it will go to the credit bureaus and show up on your credit report as a delinquent account- hurts your credit pretty bad and won't go away for about ten years (not positive about the length of time). However, I have one of these on mine credit report from a few years ago and recently when I went to the bank for a loan, they brushed it off and said that those (medical collections) didn't matter and they don't pay attention to them. |
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i♥sf
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They'll go to the court, and get a court order to garnish your wages. |
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UktenaGarou
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Karma will get you or a collection agency will ruin your credit. |
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mlw12342001
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you get sued! and refused further treatment at that hospital, until you pay the bill. national health care would stop all that. |
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pamela d
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well whenever you do get the money then pay lt. they can`t refuse to see you lf your sick. |
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k
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It will go to collections and affect your credit. They can then sue you and then have your wages garnished. |
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Seiryoku
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It will go to their collections department eventually. |
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mb20and151
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My co-worker is doing this right now....they send you to collections just like any other unpaid debt. |
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timo
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file for bankruptcy protection |
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buggy
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well when u apply for health plan they deduct it out from there or sue u or take it out your bank account |
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V2K1
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In the U.S., they reposess your health and auction it off. |
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hadie101
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you'll keep getting notices... and then they'll take a drastic step.. so its better if u pay a little at a time.. than nothing at all.. |
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