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Re:Medical equipment pricing is completely broken when a sli... by jacobmassey on Friday September 13, 2019 @11:23PM (#20968741)
That’s not necessarily true. They would rather get something than nothing.
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Re:Medical equipment pricing is completely broken when a sli... by inferiorhuman on Saturday September 14, 2019 @12:35AM (#20968939)
That’s not necessarily true. They would rather get something than nothing.

Who said anything about getting nothing? If the hospital sells your debt to a collection agency they get something. If the hospital deals with it in house they can act like UVA[1] and sue you to garnish your wages or take out a lien on your property. Playing chicken with the hospital billing department is a bad way to deal with medical debt.

1: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/uva-has-ruined-us-heal...

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