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Just because a hospital is big and has expensive lawyers, that doesn't mean that you have no rights.

My wife got a 4k bill that had no information on it other than the amount due. I called the hospital and asked what the bill was for and they said they would send an itemized bill, they never did, but I did get a letter from collections and I called them and said that I dispute the charges. And I never heard anything about it again.

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You have rights also; the right to file for bankruptcy.

I had a family member get seriously ill and we racked up a ton of medical debt. There was no way in hell we could have paid it off and continued to live on one salary.

Filed for bankruptcy, and two years later started off with a clean slate. Honestly credit was back into the 700's, bought a new car and a new home two years later.

You have to know that you can dispute the charge. Many people would not know that.

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