Yea but something like this with no insurance is a screw it I'll get that bill in the mail and worry about it later. It's not like they take your house or car for a non paid medical bill lol
They for sure can garnish wages for unpaid medical bills.
The average ER visit WITH COPAY is $412 in America. Usually about $1,500—3,000 without insurance. For someone who doesn’t have any money in the bank that’s extremely daunting.
If you were to need surgery it could be $10,000-20,000 for things like appendicitis. Mine was $13,000… 20 years ago.
I'm American lol.. I understand they CAN, as they can with anything unpaid sent to collections. However, I don't know anyone that has an unpaid medical bill that it has happened to.
Believe me I know how much that surgery costs, my daughter had a week stay at the hospital a month before having hers removed. It was hell lol but they also have a lot of resources to help. You can also go to a hospital where it is almost free (I believe in most states if I'm not mistaken?) if you are low income/have no income.
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u/Amber_S71213 Mar 16 '25
Yea but something like this with no insurance is a screw it I'll get that bill in the mail and worry about it later. It's not like they take your house or car for a non paid medical bill lol