A few ways to avoid medical bill debt is searching for a company that offers catastrophic health coverage. Always make sure to research your current insurance company to see exactly what is covered in your current plan and what you might have to pay extra for in order to get covered.
Yes, you can negotiate a payment plan with a debt collection agency for a medical bill in NY. Contact the agency to discuss your financial situation and propose a payment arrangement that works for you. Make sure to get the agreement in writing and stick to the payment plan to avoid any further collection actions.
Some debt management plans that yo sould avoid are exorbitant fees, vauge information, inadequete testimonials, verbal agreement and lack of credentials.
Some ways to avoid collecting bad debt are: To keep tighter control of your finances, make your payments on time, stick to the terms of your contract, be very careful with credit card companies.
To learn about debt consolidation spend some time researching the Internet or talking to an experienced person. Be sure to avoid scams and research the topic carefully.
If the debt is contractually valid, and you are not disputing the debt, it will be based on the initial contract, and the Statuate of Limitations (SOL). Each state may vary on the SOL. In addition, some Medical Providers (original creditor:e.g., hospital, physician, etc) and individual States, have specific guidelines on the collection of medical debt. Reporting on credit history may be for 7 years, again based on the Medical Provider, and the state's guidelines.
Some of the bills you can think about is a Sports Bill, Medical Bill, Insurance Bill, Education Bill, Medical Care Bill, Youth Bill, Women Bill, Safety Bill, Transport Bill and the Welfare bill.
One way is debt consolidation programs, where you combine all of your debt into one monthly payment, often with lower interest rates. Another is debt settlement, where you work with creditors to agree on a reasonable amount that you can pay.
The surviving spouse is only responsible for creditor debt if the accounts were jointly incurred during the marriage unless that debt is considered a bill of necessity (i.e. medical and utility.) In some states you have to be married at the time the debt incurred such as IA, NH, MA, AZ, CT, and SC and in most when you get married the "bills of necessity" become the responsibilty of both parties no matter who puts their name on it. However in FL the rules dont apply surviving spouse is not resp. For credit cards it is different that is contractual its whoever is on the contract same with personal loans and student loans and things of that nature.
Bills are of two types : Bills receivable and Bills payble.....Bill payable is a liability...A bill is drawn by the drawer and the person who has to borne the liability is called the payee or drawee.....Bill can be termly...for e.g. The drawer draws a bill upon the drawee for 3 months..or T months etc.. Now debts arise when a person is obliged to someone...Mostly debt arises in trading transactions...e.g. A trader purchases goods from a seller and promises him to pay certain amount after some time...Thus it is a credit purchase ...here the trader is in a position of debt...... Now considering the same position the seller will draw a BILL upon the TRADER who is in DEBT or indebted.
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xp some guy wants you to send money for hospital bill?
Ultimately, the medical organization that billed you for payment for the service is a business trying to succeed under some economic category of operations (eg. non-profit, not for profit, or for profit and regulatory variations of "for profit" business). Each medical organization has some internal policy about when they are satisfied with the payment amount, will take into consideration their financial solvency in the near term, and may consider your financial hardship in order to guide their negotiations on a particular debt. In each individual situation, the medical organization may settle with the debtor for some substantial percentage of the amount owed, or may demand payment in full until they sue the debtor in civil court or sell the debt to a collection agency. Note that statutes of limitations (actionable time span) on debt due to services rendered vary from state to state.