Assuming nobody else is at fault

  • §ɦṛɛɗɗịɛ ßịⱺ𝔩ⱺɠịᵴŧ
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    1 year ago

    Medical bills should not impact credit score in the US until its been over a year. This being the case, if someone’s uninsured it can be best to wait for collectors to call and then haggle to pay it off at a fraction of the initial cost. Pretty demented this is basically a pro tip for approaching the repercussions of receiving life saving care…

    Source: Autoimmune disorders run in my family

    • gabe [he/him]@literature.cafe
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      It shouldn’t but sometimes they’ll do it anyway unfortunately. Same here as well, Medicaid is a joke to deal with. There’s also the fun part that they’ll call family members post death if your family member was on hospice and actually sometimes try to seize their house