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Originally Posted by Mere
Remember, all you have to do is pay $1 per month on a bill to show intent to pay. If it takes forever to pay, it takes forever to pay. I have personally been through piles of medical bills costing us thousands and thousands of dollars over the years. I have had numerous surgeries and illnesses. I do understand...
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I just wanted to come back to this post and clarify something--not to start an argument or change the way this post is going... but so other people are not misled.
Mere, that may be the way it is with your medical places in your town--but that is not the truth everywhere.
I asked my mom if that was true... if I could get by with only paying $1 a month on each bill, even though, as I said--I don't even have that much.
She said absolutely not... that is incorrect. She asked the clinic in town if they would accept $10 a month and they said no. Anything less than $30 a month, they send to collections because they are not getting it quickly enough. Most other places will not take less than $20 a month, but some want as much as $50 a month.
So, while that may be true where you live, that is not the case everywhere. I don't want someone to see that, be relieved, and start dropping payments to only $1 a month--only to have their bills turned over to credit agencies. It can ruin your credit. Believe me, I'm there and I'm only 24.
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