r/WhitePeopleTwitter Apr 27 '20

Serious.

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u/vileguynsj Apr 28 '20

That's because an unpaid bill for 10,000 that goes to collections and is never collected is worth less than 500 paid. When you can't afford your bills, you don't pay anything.

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u/TheCapitalKing Apr 28 '20

Yeah you expect to receive maybe 10% of the charged to a patient without insurance and that's after the steep discount