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To: SeekAndFind
How many are from consumer debt and how many are strictly medical debt?

As someone who has had the great misfortune to have had a very sick son and a pair of twins in NICU for a month each, a personal hospital stay of 10 days, eight months of drug therapy, a wife who has had four children and breast cancer, combined with a stint of Obama economy unemployment ALL within the last five years. I can honestly say that I will never pay the medical bills I have racked up, even with insurance.

I simply tell medical professionals up front that they will only receive reimbursement from the insurance company and to bill accordingly.

That being said, I have a credit score of 798 and owe no credit except for a house payment. This is the only reason we haven't been bankrupted.

6 posted on 07/29/2014 9:44:17 AM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Jim from C-Town

I think the number may be high. One of my kids got a credit downgrade over a dispute about whether his college insurance was going to pay or something that came up in the last week or two of coverage. I don’t think that really counts, but it would show up in this type of a survey.


7 posted on 07/29/2014 9:54:34 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Jim from C-Town

“How many are from consumer debt and how many are strictly medical debt?”

I would like to see a breakdown on: medical debt, student loans, and “other.”

Prolly eye opening.


12 posted on 07/29/2014 9:58:57 AM PDT by Noamie
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To: Jim from C-Town

Reminds me of a conversation I once heard in the ER(paraphrased):

When my child is sick, I will do anything to get them well.
Would you pay for their treatment?
Hell, no. I got too many other bills to pay.


13 posted on 07/29/2014 10:05:26 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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