If you ignore medical bills, it can evolve into unpaid debt that ends up with a collection agency and on your credit report for up to seven years.
"When you get a bill, assume it's wrong," said Caitlin Donovan, spokeswoman for the National Patient Advocate Foundation, a nonprofit that helps patients access and pay for health care.
If it was, you should also receive an explanation of benefits, or EOB as it's called, from your insurer. As its name implies, the form shows you what your insurance plan is covering for care you've received. "But you have to know what you can afford per month," Donovan said."You don't want to get stuck with a $500-a-month payment plan that you can't afford.", this can mean shelling out a whole lot more than the original bill if you pay it off slowly.There also are bill-negotiating services that can advocate on your behalf for a lower bill.
These services do take a portion of the savings they generate as a fee, but you should never be asked to pay up front, Smedsrud said.
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