I was disputing the hospital fees for my wife and trying to get them to send me the proper forms and they sent to collections 3 times. As soon as I got the collections notice I sent them a cease and desist order telling them I'd only deal with the hospital. I was refusing to pay them more than 20% over what medicare would have gotten paid (court ruling this is the fair rate). Lots of hospitals want to charge the uninsured 300% or more. They kept sending to different agencies instead of dealing with me as I requested. Finally when the state (I filed a HIPPA complaint) got the hospital to send the papers it said it was written off on it. I still have about 2.5 years left on the statute of limitations for this state so holding my fingers it stays that way.
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