Yes. Defaulted medical bills can be reported and added to a person's CR. Privacy laws pertain to the medical records themselves, not the debt incurred from medical expenses.
No. Overdue medical bills, like other debts incurred, can appear on a person's credit report, especially if they go into collections.
Yes, they can since you legally are one entity. It is best to pay the bills as soon as you can and/or discuss a payment schedule with the agency.
No - medical bills covered by medicaid cannot be collected from the patient. Provide them another copy of your medicaid card for that time of service or contact medicaid and have them contact the hospital that is harassing you.
If you don't pay your credit card bill, the company may put the nonpayment on your credit report. Also, the credit company may sue you in court.
Not usually. They will place it on the person who was treated at the time. Unless other arrangements had been made (i.e. You asked for them to bill you in c/o (care of) your husband). I had a credit report run when I was going to buy my new home. I had divorced from my wife. I had a number of reports on my report that where from my exwife one from a department store. I called the department store, I was told to call the creditor to have her credit removed they put a report out on her. I'm still working on the medical. What I have found is the insurance. was in my name Account number being my SS# not her's. The reports are coming accross in my name.
They can report the account as deliquent to the credit agencies. They can also sue you. With a judgment, they can put a lien on your house and garnish your wages.
no that would be credit fraud and you would go to prison
It wount be a collection aggency. But the city can put a judgment on your credit report that will effect your credit score.
This really ain't an answer but mine was done that was also since I was the one that signed his medical papers at the hospital
To put a lock on your credit report, you can contact the three major credit bureaus - Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion - and request a credit freeze. This will prevent unauthorized access to your credit report and help protect you from identity theft.
If the bill belongs to a minor, it will most likely be put on the credit report of the responsible party, which would be one of the parents, or the legal guardian of the minor at the time the debt was accrued.
Only you.