That "one" form at the doctor's office
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A good side point. Talk to your doctor if you're having trouble with the bills. Billing services and office personnel neither know nor care about individual circumstances.
Software Zen:
delete this;Yeah, the stupid mistake people make is getting treatment first then saying, "I'm not paying that." this pisses the doctor and his staff off. They don't want to help you in this situation or they are *much* less likely to do so. We (when we were in very hard times) called our normal doctors and explained or circumstances ahead of time. We asked if we could seek treatment but explained we doubted we could pay for it. In almost every case (no ... :scratches head: in *every* case) they agreed to just write off the costs for care. I think the difference maker here was that we had been patients of good standing for quite a bit before and they knew when things got better we would be in good standing after. We still see all the same doctors now and of course we pay full price for care. All of these things are a factor *BUT* in most cases you can still ask and if your need is justifiable they will write it off. I've been too involved in the industry to have not heard of 100's of these examples.