What should I do about my medical bill in collections?

You can talk to the accounts department of the hospital authority. Explain your financial condition to them. They may agree to forgive a portion of the total bill amount. Request them to withdraw the account from the collection agencies and work out an alternative repayment plan with them. Once the plan is approved, start making payments to the hospital. In addition, I would also like to say that you should go through the bill once. Check whether or not the bill amount is correct. If there is any error, inform it to the hospital authority. If the hospital authority refuse to co-operate with you, then I would suggest you to get professional help. You can enroll in the various debt relief programs and pay off the medical bills easily.

You can also get help of state assistance programs, social organizations to deal with the medical bill.

Know if they have been members with any trade association. If they are, you can rest assured that they're bound to follow the practice codes of their association. You may inquire about their complaints procedure. Do keep us informed at the same time.

Debt reduction is the reduction of debts either by paying them off or by reducing them in numbers through debt consolidation.
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