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Re:Girl’s $143k bill for snakebite treatment reveals antiven... by YeahSureWhyNot on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @10:52AM (#19797512)
they will probably still send him to collections, just later. thats what happened to my friend who needed surgery on his hand.
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Re:Girl’s $143k bill for snakebite treatment reveals antiven... by nthompson on Wednesday May 01, 2019 @11:00AM (#19797584)
Yeah, but medical bill collections has way less weight on your credit than (say) a car bill past due.

They send so many people to collections that even creditors don't care about it anymore.

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