What Do I Do??????? Medical Bills......

I've owned thousands in medical bills for over 10 years.


OH NO DONT HURT MY CREDIT SCORE.


Credit is for suckers anyways. Don't buy what you don't have the cash for. They can't throw you in jail over medical bills. Don't sweat it.

THIS,THIS,THIS! Make a copy of the letter for your records, and mail it out from your local P.O. "signature required", so they can't deny that they recieved the letter.

Check into it. But as far as I know before age 18 you cannot
enter into a contract. Investigate the law online. I suspect
the only people who owe anything are you parents. They signed.

Thats not to say they won't try to collect. The collection
scum go after the relatives of dead people, even though they
have no legal (nor even vaguely moral) obligation to pay.

I understand contract laws. what I was worried about is that maybe my dad didn't sign. my mom is disabled and he left during my surgery, so it's possible that I may have signed anything that needed to be signed

I'm in Virginia. Fortunately, I haven't paid on it. I just hate that I'm working the best I can and struggling, and suddenly this $1500 bill pops up. I'm strung so thin, I can't even get insurance for now. Thank you for the advice :)



They really are. I've had several health ailments that I never could get fixed when I was underage, and now I can't afford to because I'm trying to make a living on my own. The night I graduated high school, they had my stuff packed. I never snuck out, drank, smarted off, or done drugs. I graduated with honors.



I'm 21. So it would have been in January of 2007. Just 3 more years. I've just walked such a straight line (no car payments, no credit cards) that I hate to get collections on my score before I even get a score.



I think the hospital is taken care of, it's the actual doctor who performed the surgery who is billing me. He is private practice who comes into the hospital to perform his surgerys. The hospital it was done in isn't even 1 star to be honest.

I truly hate this stuff. I can't afford insurance now, I can't go back and pay old bills, and I certainly can't take it to my parents and expect them to be decent people.

I guess I will follow you guys advice and just write them a letter explaining that I was underage, and give them my parents address. Hopefully it's enough. :(

I deal with the parents of these moochers every day they don't get how they can't claim hardship as well oh wait they get that we are so fucked unless we wake up the welfare bums! they would be BETTER of with the FAIR TAX!

Children cannot give consent for their own operation (not without parental or guardian consent). Just advise the Drs office that you were 16 and give them all the info about your parents..ie their full names address and phone numbers....so they can direct the bills to the right people. Dont pay them anything.

Last Edited by Red Red Whine on 09/29/2011 12:54 AM

That was the best, most direct, concise advice in this thread.

Just do it.

Go the the hospital where you had the procedure. Go the billing office. Ask if they have a form to apply for "charity care."

Most states have laws that require hospitals to provide a certain percentage of healthcare. Keep banging down doors until you find someone to complete this process for you.

Oh yeah, and do not ever pay this bill. In fact, your best bet right now is to ignore it. It seems like a big deal now because you are young. But, this will simply disappear in a few years. Don't acknowledge it to a collector. Don't take phone calls, don't make phone calls and don't respond to letters.

Whatever you do, do not pay 1500 dollars. I never even heard of a medical bill that increases over time. It wasn't a loan. It was a co-pay.