It’s from my understanding the er cannot denying seeing you even if you can’t or refuse to pay. So in the event of a very large bill and the hospital does a charity right off how does the hospital make money. In addition, it is my understanding that if you don’t care about your credit unpaid medical bills won’t impact you since it isn’t a government expense (like student loans) so they can’t garnish wages. So how do they make money on these cases? Also my mom is a doctor and has said that right offs are very common since insurance only covers a percentage. Why would a hospital do this since they don’t get paid?
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I had a kidney infection when I had no insurance. With a 104F fever, dizzy, confused, went to the closest clinic knowing I had no insurance. They refused to care for me since no insurance (cue “This is America” background music) but they referred me to the Methodist clinic across town. The attendant told me there was a grant I would qualify for, so I took the bus there.
Not a hospital, had to go back each day for 5 days. Three days of multiple bags of IV’s, the attending person said I had no trace of sodium in my system, but I recovered. I never got a bill or summary of charges. My recollection is fuzzy, being near death and all. I’m lucky to be alive because of that grant.
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