I have a chronic condition that sometimes lands me in the ER. I went to the ER a few months back because I was blacking out. They eventually discharged me and I expected to pay the $100 co-pay as I have in the past. The weeks following I kept checking online through the Kaiser website to see if I had any bills. It kept saying I owed nothing. I was kind of confused. I've never had an issue paying my co-pays online. On top of this, I usually receive a bill notification in the mail directly confirming my co-pay. I usually pay any co-pays in the office but there's been a few times where they don't ask me to pay upfront. Anyway, as the months followed I occasionally checked online to make sure I didn't have a bill and it still showed $0. I probably should've called at this point. Fast forward to today, I receive a letter from USCB notifying me that this ER bill has been sent to collections. It also mentions that my billing statements were returned as undeliverable as the postal service which confuses me even more. I've received regular mail from Kaiser during this time so why?!?! I digress. I have no issur paying the $100 bill as I expected to pay it months back. I'm just upset this went to collections; I've spent a long time building my credit and finally had it in a good spot. Is there anyway to get this removed from my credit history? Or should I just take the ding and suck it up?
Submitted July 09, 2021 at 10:55PM by snake_pod https://ift.tt/3hXgqXN
