Medical Credit Line.. Have Any Of You Been Forced Into This Or Know Someone Who Has? Consumer Investigation Report Below

by **Alter** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 10:39 pm

Consumer Reports investigation says that a disturbing trend is occurring... 45 billion Americans are charging their medical debts on their credit cards... one man claimed that he had been getting calls regularly from collectors after his trip to the emergency room re: treatment regarding complications with his lymphoma... the bill for his 4 day stay was $28,000.00... they told him they were garnishing his wifes wages and taking his home... he said the hospital pressured him into taking a $13,000.00 line of credit on one of his credit cards that had a zero balance that he didn't know he had for a cash advance basis... when patients use cc for hospital bills they lose their advantage to negotiate... JP MORGAN CHASE, GE & CAPITAL ONE have come out with Medical Credit Cards... of course the Hospital's best kept secret is "Charity Care" they don't want you to know about it... but it is available...what 's your take? has anyone experienced this? this is kind of low ball...

by **Liwanu** » Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:04 am

EnglishLady said: 2 There's a great many things about it that need fixing - and there always will be - but thank God for the National Health Service here(just celebrating its 60th birthday). I don't want to make an apparently superior comment from across the pond, but when I hear stories like that I could cry.We've had a few television programmes about the NHS's 60th birthday, and the stories that came out about what happened before were heart-breaking; of course, there wasn't the high-tech medicine that there is now, but many women were walking around with prolapsed uteri; a standard 21st birthday present was to have all your teeth taken out and false teeth fitted; infectious diseases went untreated ... after one year of the NHS, infant mortality had dropped by 10%.It's one of the things that I can never understand about the US, which I admire in so many ways - why nobody's managed to get even a basic national health system in place. Someone explained to me why Hillary Clinton's attempt went badly wrong, but that seems almost to have closed the door on the subject; did it even come up in the election primaries? And what, actually, will happen to the people who lose their houses as a result? I've never read an account of what happens to them ... can anyone recommend one? How would I set about informing myself on this subject? 66 months ago

by **Klaus** » Wed Apr 30, 2014 5:13 am

There's a great many things about it that need fixing - and there always will be - but thank God for the National Health Service here(just celebrating its 60th birthday). I don't want to make an apparently superior comment from across the pond, but when I hear stories like that I could cry.We've had a few television programmes about the NHS's 60th birthday, and the stories that came out about what happened before were heart-breaking; of course, there wasn't the high-tech medicine that there is now, but many women were walking around with prolapsed uteri; a standard 21st birthday present was to have all your teeth taken out and false teeth fitted; infectious diseases went untreated ... after one year of the NHS, infant mortality had dropped by 10%.It's one of the things that I can never understand about the US, which I admire in so many ways - why nobody's managed to get even a basic national health system in place. Someone explained to me why Hillary Clinton's attempt went badly wrong, but that seems almost to have closed the door on the subject; did it even come up in the election primaries? And what, actually, will happen to the people who lose their houses as a result? I've never read an account of what happens to them ... can anyone recommend one? How would I set about informing myself on this subject?

by **Devries** » Tue May 06, 2014 9:22 am

DobermanLover said: 1 Our country has lost its mind. Medical credit cards??? This sounds like a reinvention of the mortgage crisis. And all of this is done with no concern for the human beings affected, I should say destroyed, by this. 66 months ago

by **Vinson** » Wed May 07, 2014 9:12 pm

Here in Philippines, we are still paying the traditional way like paying cash or check to the hospital or any medical institution. We are not yet that high-tech when it comes to paying for our medical expenses.

by **Derrell** » Sat May 10, 2014 12:03 pm

Our country has lost its mind. Medical credit cards??? This sounds like a reinvention of the mortgage crisis. And all of this is done with no concern for the human beings affected, I should say destroyed, by this.

by **Kohkahycumest** » Mon May 12, 2014 6:37 pm

I've not experienced it since using credit cards to pay medical expenses here in Philippines isn't popular yet. Here in Philippines, we are still paying the traditional way like paying cash or check to the hospital or any medical institution. We are not yet that high-tech when it comes to paying for our medical expenses. Sources: Own opinion. agmp26 66 months ago Please sign in to give a compliment. Please verify your account to give a compliment. Please sign in to send a message. Please verify your account to send a message.

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