https://shorturl.im/awoKT If you don’t pay it, they can sue you. Some hospitals will. Yes, it will go on your credit report. Did you call and try to work out a payment plan? Most hospital and doctor offices will work with you if you show you are sincere and and make payments on time. I’m sure you think it was excessive but they don’t. That is why the health care cost is so high in America. Do you know how many employees were working there while you were waiting? Do you know what it cost to pay the bills to run a hospital? It is more than Doctors and nurses. There are nurses aids, housekeeping (someone has to sweep and empty trash and clean bathrooms), there is dietary, (someone has to feed the patients and run the cafeteria). There is maintenance to keep things up and in running order, there is the billing office, social services, admissions, file room, x-ray, and I could go on and on. It takes money to run a place like that and most people never see past the doctors and nurses. i wonder how they think the other things gets done? I would guess while you were waiting your turn there were people there that, to you, didn’t seem that bad. There are people this nation over that uses the E.R. at the hospital as their private doctors office because they don’t have insurance. You should see what some of their bills look like. Then there are those that have Medicare and Medicaid which doesn’t pay the cost the hospital charges, they have what is an agreed upon amount. You would be surprised how many have a bill that is smaller than yours that won’t pay it, will ignore the statements, and never try to settle because they are on limited income with NO insurance at all and they have to make the decision to pay the hospital bill or the utilities or eat for that month. Not one or two, one or the other. I’m sorry, I just realized I am on my soap box again, I will get off and shut up because I could go on………………………….....
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