Hospitals account receivable clerks have no pity for the uninsured. "You wanted it fixed, you got it fixed. Now pay! You don't have the money right now? Well, sell your car/house/assets and pay us off first. No assets? Well, you're fixed up, so go to work and we'll just guarnish your wages. You're suing the hospital? That's not my problem. My problem is getting this posted before the end of the month, because if I can't, they'll hire someone else who will".
Unfortunately, one tends to have no idea the kind of pressure those clerks have on them to collect those bills unless one is put in the position of owing said bills. That's why most people don't clamor for universal health care. They're not familiar with the all around pressure that a privatized system put on everyone within it.
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Hospitals account receivable clerks have no pity for the uninsured. "You wanted it fixed, you got it fixed. Now pay! You don't have the money right now? Well, sell your car/house/assets and pay us off first. No assets? Well, you're fixed up, so go to work and we'll just guarnish your wages. You're suing the hospital? That's not my problem. My problem is getting this posted before the end of the month, because if I can't, they'll hire someone else who will".
Unfortunately, one tends to have no idea the kind of pressure those clerks have on them to collect those bills unless one is put in the position of owing said bills. That's why most people don't clamor for universal health care. They're not familiar with the all around pressure that a privatized system put on everyone within it.