Last year I went to the local hospital to have the dreaded mammogram. Ouch! Well, as it turns out, the insurance we had at the time did not consider that a necessary expense, so I was billed for the entire mammo. No problem, I thought. I’ll just make payments to the hospital. So, I made my usual payments. After so many days, it was turned over to a collection agency. No problem, I thought. I’ll just keep making the payments. So, in April, I sent in my payment as I had been doing. I received a letter back a week later with my check enclosed saying that my payment did not meet our agreement. Okay, whatever. I didn’t make an agreement with them. But, I decided to send them another check with a little bit more added. It’s not like I don’t want to pay it. We just have many other bills, you know?
So, before I could even send an additional payment, I received another letter from them that, in my opinion, bordered on harassment. It contained multiple words in capital letters basically attacking my character for not sending in a payment. Of course, I did send in a payment and they rejected it.
What really cracked me up was a question they posed that said: Where would we be in today’s economy without the privilege of saying “Bill Me”? In answer to their question, here is what I said to them… ”I think this entire country would be much better off if we had never accepted credit extended to any of us. We would be living debt-free and probably would not have to deal with exorbitant prices from healthcare providers, grocery stores and retailers. But, of course, creditors like you would be out of business. I must also add that I do not feel like hospitals and doctors should be lumped into the category of credit. If their prices were not so inflated and health insurance not so poor, people would be able to pay their bills.”
So that’s what I said. That’s how I feel.
