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Re:Medical equipment pricing is completely broken when a sli... by matthewaveryusa on Friday September 13, 2019 @11:19PM (#20968731)
They can (eventually) garnish your wages. I wonder at what point they do that.
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Re:Medical equipment pricing is completely broken when a sli... by simplecomplex on Friday September 13, 2019 @11:57PM (#20968830)
Only if they sell the debt to a creditor (hospitals and doctors can’t garnish wages) sue you, win, and pursue the judgement. And then they can only take from your disposable income (after rent, food, other bills, etc.)

And you can wipe out all of it by filing bankruptcy.

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Re:Medical equipment pricing is completely broken when a sli... by Broken_Hippo on Saturday September 14, 2019 @05:17AM (#20969727)
I have seen nothing about this - and know folks that were sued by the hospitals. It has been some years, mind you.

Is it possible that they cannot garnish wages in your state? Where are you getting your information?

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