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AI-backed medical debt company claims payment plans can help US healthcare costs
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 25 Jul 2025
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As scummy as all of this is, it is a real problem that most medical services and offices do not have traditional payment plans. They expect the large amount to be paid all at once.
The real problem is not having universal single payer healthcare.
And as a result of our ass backwards system it's not uncommon for me to see 2-3 bills for ONE visit. Of course, each bill has its own payment system too.
It's insane that this is the case these days, but I went through this years ago and ended up having to let the bill go to collections, just to get a payment plan on it. They even ended up discounting the bill heavily after a while and let me pay a reduced sum to close out the account. How is a literal collections agency more reasonable than a fucking hospital? (Also the medical bill was for an asthma inhaler refill visit to a small free standing ER which ended up costing >$3,000 for checking my vitals and handing me a prescription.