re: Arkansas hospital lawyers up, sues for medical debt

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pay your debts

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In general.. Yes. If you sign up to pay you should BUT

To me the hospital world is a bit different. You visit a hospital ... Then over the next 4 -6 months you'll get a slew of mailings some "not a bill / don't pay" .. Then you'll get actual bills from people/services you have no idea that you owed. Or look exactly (or were actually what you have paid but not updated/misapplied) ...but the clock for collections is still running.

Then with cust service/billing.... You dispute something .. The clock still runs and it's a game run out the clock with "let me research" or "that's so so 's area and she is out...I'll have her get back to you ( this was my exact scenario for 8+wks with Baptist Jacksonville)

So there are a myriad of ways for bills to go unpaid, into collections/lawsuits but not trying to duck legit debts