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So does this mean that those who can barely afford to pay for medical bills still have to pay them while those that are unable to pay will never have to?
In other words those who can barely pay will see their rates, premiums, fees, bills go up to shore up the cost of those who cannot pay.
Can we just all collectively say fuckit and only those making $1M+ a year should be the ones who have to pay?
Just because it doesn’t affect your credit score doesn’t mean you can’t be sued and have your wages garnished or worse. Don’t underestimate corporations on their efforts to retrieve money
If you get hospitalized in the U.S. and show effort to pay they can't sue you or send it to collections last I knew. So if you wake up with a $100k hospitazation charge, you can pay $10 a month and say it is all you have and they can not come after you. So if you live for another 40 years, that would be a pain, but only cost $4800 total.
Taking it off your credit score just would make it so when you go to rent a roof over your head, those outstanding charges won't show up I assume. Giving you better odds to be able to not be homeless and get the great opportunity to pay $1400 a month for a property you'll never own.