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Who does this cover, like 20 people?
We just got a second notice for a ≈$20 bill that had been paid 3 months ago.
The first notice 3 months ago was for a procedure that was done 7 months prior.
What do you get for 20? A kiss on a boo-boo?
It was a surprise remainder after insurance. We had already paid the office visit copay at time of service.
Such a nice surprise 💝
Co-pays are typically $20.
If you have good insurance
It happens more often than you’d think. A friend of mine had a ~$25 medical bill go to collections. They just kept setting the mail out, filing it away each week, and forgetting about it. I ended up paying it and convinced them to get tested for ADHD. Sure enough…
Yeah, adhd is the only reason I have any debt at all.
I kinda want to start a company that will manage money for people like me who struggle with keeping up with such things.
I do gtm. I'm down. My closest friend I've employed is a finance background and has his shit together.
It’s kinda simple: in large cities you can legit just change doctor office and leave behind <500$ per place and just not pay. Most doctor offices are franchised or opened by large hospitals, so the chances of fucking over an individual doctor is pretty slim. In my state, they drop calling after a while and it just disappears once they write it off.
Every unpaid medical bill I have is under $500. Maybe 6 items? Credit reports aren't only calculating totals, they're looking at individual accounts. 6 bad marks is hella worse than 1, even if the totals are the same.