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Don't pay. Make them fight you. If we all refuse to pay the system collapses.
I went to the ER, saw a doctor for like 2 minutes, they have me a diagnosis that turned out to be incredibly wrong, prescribed me expensive medicine that I didn't need and wasn't covered by insurance, and costing me a ton on unnecessary specialist visits and tests.
They had the gall to ask me for an extra 2 grand in the mail a few weeks after my visit.
They ain't getting shit.
The charged me $1k after saying literally: "Well I can see something is wrong with it, but it's not broken, so I'm going to give you some Tylenol".
That was 9 years ago. My shoulder has been dislocated ever since.
The hospital sells medical debt at a fraction of the bill to recoup their actual costs, which are often times in the $100 range. The debt collector goes after you for years until you pay, they give up, or a small chance they take you to court, where you pay.
If you don't pay, the debt collectors are only out a fraction of the debt anyway. Frightening one person into paying up pays for 10 people who don't from the debt collector's perspective.
Unfortunately, not paying them is accounted for by the system.
Other than one meal a week I go meatless. This won't end global warming. This is what I can do.