mrdownload13
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call the hospital, and find out if the bill was turned over to collection people. then find out the info, when where. why. how much the bill is. if you can and they let you. pay the hospital quick if you got the cash. that stuff will stay on your credit forever if its not taken care of quick. |
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OrangeCharlie
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Neither until he finds out why there are 2 different account numbers. |
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jit bag
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Make the payment to the collection agency. It shouldn't be showing up twice on his report, so tell him to dispute the duplicate entry on his credit report. If the creditor and/or the collection agency don't respond within the allotted time, they will both fall off & he won't even owe the money anymore. It's worth a shot. If not, just pay the collection agency. The debt has been sold by the original creditor to them. |
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Kingofreportedabuse
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unpaid medical bills dont affect you credit..so i have been told..maybe i was told wrong |
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phenom
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try and get on medicaid they will pay it back have her go to your local SRS office |
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CAE
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If it is not a legit bill or they the Dr. did not bill it to the insurance company correctly contact the collection agency and dispute the bill with a written dispute (politely written). They will contact the Hospital to let them no the bill has been disputed. Contact the credit report publisher to let them know the account #does not belong to them and it should be removed from report. Pay no one if not legit. |
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jameslankford
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the debt collector. By now, the original creditor (the hospital) has paid this company to collect it's debts and you must go thru the collector to get rid of the bad mark on the credit report (in most cases) |
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Della Mae
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She should call the collection agency and tell them the situation. They will contact the hospital and get the account number corrected. |
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The Scorpion
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Send to collections, it's already been turned over to them. |
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Terra G
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He would send it to the collections department; the original place sent it there and now they have nothing to do with it. Your friend has to deal with the lovely collections agency. On a side note, you can negotiate with the agency. They would rather have some payment rather than nothing. They "buy" your debt from the hospital for pennies on the dollar. |
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hidingbehindthisemailaddy
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depending on the state you live in
it may be illegal to be on your credit report at all.
contact the company who your friend owes the money to, not the collection agency. agencies "buy" the debt from the institution and collect a % when you pay it back. once the debt has been payed the institution calls off the collection agency. they arent supposed to hound you either. maybe your friend can arrange payments with the institution |
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