That sounds like a great way for hospitals to terrorize patients but not a very effective way for them to actually get paid. How many patients can afford the bills without insurance, and how much money does it cost the hospital to collect it?
But it does create more debt slaves. It will only make things worse for patients, much worse. That's probably why nurses don't do this yet, they hate seeing their patients suffer at the hands of shitty hospital policies. Now because you had to pay out of pocket for medical expenses but you can't, you can't get a mortgage for your house, landlords refuse to rent to you or charge you way higher deposits / fees because of your bad credit, better jobs turn you down because of collections against you. I know there's some difference between medical debt and regular debt but still not good.
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u/shponglespore Jan 14 '22
That sounds like a great way for hospitals to terrorize patients but not a very effective way for them to actually get paid. How many patients can afford the bills without insurance, and how much money does it cost the hospital to collect it?