[DJ MacWoW]

The couple's credit may be badly damaged if they don't pay medical bills, but that’ll be it.

I think that's huge. Most people do.

I hope these people do get donations from others. This situation happened through no fault of theirs.

[utahagen]

I don’t begrudge the donations! I just hope the family goes to a lawyer who can cut a good deal with the hospital. Most people who end up with a million dollars in hospital bills take the hit to their credit reports rather than try to pay the bills. Therefore, a hospital would be happy to cut a deal for, say 100k, in exchange for forgiving the rest of the debt. There’s a saying, “If you owe the bank $10,000, it’s your problem; if you owe the bank $100,000, it’s the bank’s problem.”