Comments on: Aggressive Medical Debt Collections: COVID-related Consumer Protections Could be a Model for Long-term Relief https://chirblog.org/aggressive-medical-debt-collections-covid-related-consumer-protections-model-long-term-relief/ Blogging about health insurance coverage, insurance markets, and how people are affected by insurance reform Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:42:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Maanasa Kona https://chirblog.org/aggressive-medical-debt-collections-covid-related-consumer-protections-model-long-term-relief/#comment-89952 Thu, 09 Dec 2021 16:42:03 +0000 http://chirblog.org/?p=5718#comment-89952 In reply to Bre.

I am sorry to hear about your difficult circumstance. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide legal advice. However, a number of hospitals have financial assistance policies and charitable care policies for those unable to pay their medical bills. We recommend contacting the billing department to ask about these policies. Depending on which state you live in, there might be laws in place to protect you from aggressive debt collection and I recommend reaching out to your local legal aid office to find out the best ways to protect yourself.

]]> By: Bre https://chirblog.org/aggressive-medical-debt-collections-covid-related-consumer-protections-model-long-term-relief/#comment-89675 Fri, 03 Dec 2021 20:40:12 +0000 http://chirblog.org/?p=5718#comment-89675 In reply to M.

What if it was not due to covid but another sickness and had no income due to pandemic?

]]> By: Bre https://chirblog.org/aggressive-medical-debt-collections-covid-related-consumer-protections-model-long-term-relief/#comment-89674 Fri, 03 Dec 2021 20:29:09 +0000 http://chirblog.org/?p=5718#comment-89674 What if you had a medical bill no related to covid 19 but no insurance or little to no income due to pandemic

]]> By: M https://chirblog.org/aggressive-medical-debt-collections-covid-related-consumer-protections-model-long-term-relief/#comment-85122 Sat, 09 Oct 2021 11:24:15 +0000 http://chirblog.org/?p=5718#comment-85122 In reply to Brian Horst.

If you had covid the state should have applied for relief for you. You needed to ask the hospital billing administrator and tell
Her you had covid. It shouldn’t have costed you much or nothing at all.

]]> By: Brian Horst https://chirblog.org/aggressive-medical-debt-collections-covid-related-consumer-protections-model-long-term-relief/#comment-68386 Fri, 14 May 2021 17:11:27 +0000 http://chirblog.org/?p=5718#comment-68386 I am getting hammered with threats from debt collectors when I was in the hospital for covid 19. Amounts upwards of over 18 thousand dollars. There is no way I can pay this, and if I get garnished wages I will lose my place of residence. Please help

]]> By: Bob Hertz https://chirblog.org/aggressive-medical-debt-collections-covid-related-consumer-protections-model-long-term-relief/#comment-53105 Wed, 16 Sep 2020 14:43:05 +0000 http://chirblog.org/?p=5718#comment-53105 Thanks for an excellent post. The National Consumer Law Center has been a leader in this cause for several years.

Of course any restrictions must be in force forever, not just due to the pandemic.

I have a detailed summary of the ways to attack predatory medical collectors.

See my articles in The Health Care Blog, or on my website NewLawsforAmerica.blogspot.com

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