Don't worry about what it says the "minimum amount" they will accept is. That's a bluff: it's accounts receivable marketing, intended to bully you into paying money you don't have. If they're telling you that on the phone, they are actually reading it from a script. If they actually won't cash a check for less, start a savings account and put in all the money from the checks that they won't cash. If anyone asks you - there it is, still waiting for them. You tried.
Pay what you can ($10?) without risking oxygen, food, or home. And don't worry about what credit you may have. Catastophic medical bills are often overlooked by potential creditors.
Ohio should help you out more with this. Shame on them.
Take care of oxygen, food, home, heat, transportation, then hospital. They can't take your house or car, and there's little else they can attach, even if they felt it was worth their while. The phone calls, which can become illegal harassment very easily, are intended to push those who won't pay to ante up. Those who can't pay, just can't.
It is of no value to them if you become homeless. If you were to sell everything to pay them and go to the street, and you still owed them $50, they would still come after you just as hard for that $50. It's not a human thing. Stop beating your breast about showing them that you are honest. Everyone who cares and who matters already knows that. Take care of your family.
Family first, else what was the point of the surgery at all?
Very best wishes,
Pay what you can ($10?) without risking oxygen, food, or home. And don't worry about what credit you may have. Catastophic medical bills are often overlooked by potential creditors.
Ohio should help you out more with this. Shame on them.
Take care of oxygen, food, home, heat, transportation, then hospital. They can't take your house or car, and there's little else they can attach, even if they felt it was worth their while. The phone calls, which can become illegal harassment very easily, are intended to push those who won't pay to ante up. Those who can't pay, just can't.
It is of no value to them if you become homeless. If you were to sell everything to pay them and go to the street, and you still owed them $50, they would still come after you just as hard for that $50. It's not a human thing. Stop beating your breast about showing them that you are honest. Everyone who cares and who matters already knows that. Take care of your family.
Family first, else what was the point of the surgery at all?
Very best wishes,
