Need some ideas HELP?

[Dixiefireball]

A friend of mine needs some help paying a hosptial bill and for what i understand they got truned down by the hosptial the hosptial said they made to much money. i know of a few ways to pay it but need MORE IDEAS.
this is what i know
some hosp has a program that helps people that don't quaify (sp?) for medicaid.
the other is medicaid
and the other thing i know is pay then 10.00 a mth they have to take it and as long as you are trying they can't do nothing about it.
i have search the web and search and can't find anything DOES ANYONE ELSE KNOW ANYTHING WILL HELP? this person.
grouphug

[jaime15]

Well I spoke to a lawyer once about this. I was in the same predicament. We had paid 10.00 that month and the next month got a letter stating we were in collections.
I was FUMING! I didn't want a hospital bill on my record as delinquent. Well this lawyer friend said if they deposited my check that month, they HAD to accept at least 10.00 after that.
So she needs to pay 10.00 and let them cash that one in. After that she needs to call and be blunt that 10.00 is all she can do at this time and after that maybe she can do more. She just needs to get harsh right back with them. :(
Hope this helps a little. blink

[Dixiefireball]

thank you that is a good idea exp. because you talked to a lawyer i thought i was right on that i think that will be this person best way to go here.
Thanks Jamie grouphug

[jaime15]

I hope it helps her, Rhonda. I'm not a confrontational type person, unless STRONGLY provoked. But you can't let these people run all over you. They're just doing their job. But they don't know what's in a persons check book.
Let me know what happens. :)

[Teri]

The $10 a month works. When my mother got sick (she lost her fight and died) she had no insurance and started paying $10 a month to each dr and hospital that she owed~she had no insurance and her income was next to nothing. Since she paid her $10 monthly AND on time, there was legally nothing anyone could do to her.

[ICNDonna]

Teri is right. Your friend should be sure to keep her cancelled checks for proof that she is paying. Some medical facilities will keep harrassing, but she should just ignore that unless they threaten --- and if they do that, she can see a legal aid attorney for advice.

Donna

[Dixiefireball]

i have been trying to contact her but she left me NO email address and since i repley to her she hasn't repley back so it want let me email her this page i really hope she see this to help
I have search the boards for her name and can't find it
I want give out her name because i promise to everyone that ask for help I keep this personal! but i may have to ask Jill or Donna a way to get in touch with her.
Thanks for your help EVERYONE I KNEW I COULD COUNT ON YA'LL grouphug :)

[Dixiefireball]

i found a way to get in touch with her i did some more browseing and found the directory. never used it before boy don't we learn something new each day lol. thank god for it now to hope she gets her pm's