Hi all. I am sure I am not the only one here with mountains of medical bills.
After my preg, i was going though all of my bilss ( a $90,000 preg) and came across a number of problems.
One office kept double and triple billing the ins company even though the ins paid the bill. Then when the ins denys because it was already paid, they woud send me the already paid bill. this happened a number of times. Then another group submitted a bill to the ins ( 5000) but in said there was an error in the report that needed to be corrrected. I called the office andtold them, They told me they would fix the report. But they never did. Instead the billed me the $5000. This went on for months before they finally just fixed their mistake and ins paid them.
Since this time, I never just pay a medical bill. I always need to check bills against my EOBs and even against my bank statements. The thing is this all takes time. So over the past couple of years I have done a terrible job keeping on top of med bills. Some have gotten paid, but lately with everything that has been going on, going through a huge stack of bills has just been a back burner for a bit.
Well, over the past few weeks I have been trying to get caught up on all our past medical bills. I have paid off many and plan to pay the rest.
Now there was this one bill from my preg that I just had not gotten to. About 200. Went to collections fine. This summer was heck with AVa in and out of the hospital for several status episodes.... i just did not have taking care of this debt collector on my mind. But I do now. I have called them several times this week.
This is where things get strange. I first called Monday and told the rep I wanted to pay my bill, but needed something in writing first and that then I would send a check. I had misplaced the initil statement ... again my fault.
Anyway, she says no it is too late, that bill was going to judgment unless I paid right then and their w/ a Credit card. I asked to speak with supervisor.
I tried to explain to the guy i have had a lot going on this summer with a disabled child in and out of the hospital with seizures and so on. He starts screaming at me ... I DONT CARE ABOUT YOUR DISABLED KID... you need to pay this bill right now! I told him i would gladly pay it once I had a statement or anything from them . Any type of bill at all. I really just want to get this taken care of. he just keeps screaming at me, calling me a baby, bad girl, all sorts of stuff. I just could not believe what I was hearing. My gosh, I am the one that volutarily called them to tell them I wanted to pay them. Just please send me a balance. they jsut kept saying no and today was my last chance or else! I told him at this point I did not feel comfortable giving my credit info over the phone to him, he says to me " MAAAAAN, if I wanted to steal your info, I would steal you SS number and I could .... he then read off my ss number. UGH! It went on like this forever. He finally said a few more mean things and hung up. I called and left a message as to what happened, told them I wanted to take care of this bill, I just needed something in writing.
Next day they call again...well their machine did. I called back and spoke with someone else. I had explained what had happened, he apologized and said he would put in a request to send somethin gin writing. I am thinking great... can finaly be dne with this. Then YESTERDAY, I talk to yet another guy. He starts yelling. He said he didnt know whotold me they would send somethin gout but the would NOT! He said it was my last chance and I had to give them my credit card or else. Again I told them once I had somethin gin writing I would send a check. Was not sinking in ,. He just screamed and screamed. When I asked to speak with his manager, he said he was the manager. I was done talking to those crazy people. I went to better buisness beureu site and this agency was rated as unsatisfactory with several complaints.

What should I do about these people. I know they were just tryingto scare me, but they have my social security number and know where I live. They are total thugs! I really want to take care of this bill, but there is no way I am giving them my banking info over the phone. These poeple are crazy!

What should I do?