I would recommend speaking to your local Bar Association as they would have the most accurate information for your locality. I know in other states that most hospitals receive yearly grants they receive to off-set the costs associated with non-payment of debt or the inability to pay due to massive costs of some procedures. As before, your local Bar association would be able to tell you if the medical facilities in your area receive this type of grant money.
Medical bills are normally classified as a written agreement. In Georgia that means the limit will be six years from your last acknowledgement of the debt.
Yes, unpaid medical bills will be reported to credit bureaus not to mention the collection agency that the medical facility will pursue.
Yes, they can collect from the parents or legal guardian.
In Arizona the estate is responsible for the medical bills of the deceased. Only after they are resolved can the estate be closed any remainder distributed.
In Arizona the estate is responsible for the medical bills of the deceased. Only after they are resolved can the estate be closed any remainder distributed. So the wife cannot inherit anything until the bills are resolved.
The statute of limitations on medical bills in New York is six years. This means the medical facility or medical professional who performed the services has six years to file a lawsuit when a person does not pay.
Medical bills are generally considered open accounts, the SOL for open accounts in Illinois is 5 years. Now the bad news, the majority of courts will not accept the SOL defense for medical bills, and if it is a county, city or state facility the SOL does not apply.
Collection agencies can collect for Florida hospitals. Medical bills are not looked on as poorly as other bills when offers of credit are being considered.
The estate is responsible. If there isn't one, an estate should be opened.
Dogs don't have to have medical bills, but if you take a dog to a veterinarian for medical treatment, the dog willhave medical bills.
If I understand the question properly, you're asking if you can double-dip from two separate policies, one of them being your normal health insurance and the other being the medical insurance coverage on your automobile. The answer is, basically, no; even though both of them will happily collect full premiums, they will not both pay.
Talk with the people trying to collect and see if you can work something out. Or declare bankruptcy so the debts can be written off.
It sounds like a legal maneuver to protect the medical facilities ability to be reimbursed when a settlement is eventually reached.