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Jailed for $280: The Return of Debtors’ Prisons - $280 medical bill leads to Arrest !!
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[quote:Medic:MV8xODUyMjM0XzMwODkwOTQwXzQ3MDVGQjND] How long can they hold her? The person can be held for an indefinite period, until they comply with the courts order. Depends on the Judge. [/quote]
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How did breast cancer survivor Lisa Lindsay end up behind bars? She didn’t pay a medical bill — one the Herrin, Ill., teaching assistant was told she didn’t owe. “She got a $280 medical bill in error and was told she didn’t have to pay it,” The Associated Press reports. “But the bill was turned over to a collection agency, and eventually state troopers showed up at her home and took her to jail in handcuffs.”
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