My father had prostate surgery about 3 weeks ago, which he paid upfront. He was discharged, however, after a week, he started to have some decreased kidney function, which prompted my mom to hospitalize him. He has been there for the past 2 weeks and is hopefully getting discharged in about 4 days.
I am a college student and work part time, my brother is in between jobs, my mother doesn't have steady work (makes maybe $100- $150/week), and my father is the primary breadwinner. Since he is uninsured, the hospital is asking me to write and sign a letter saying I will help him financially, be it $150 or $200/month, until he's able to return to work. Which is probably about 2-3 months out. I've been budgeting religiously for months now and helping my dad with a few bills has already started to eat up most of my savings, especially since school just started and I pay for it myself. This letter would be to possibly get him a discount on the payment he will need to make in order to get discharged. However, I am scared that by doing this I am assuming responsibility in his medical debt and they will try to come after me if he is unable to keep up or it will go on my credit. If anyone has any insight or help I could look into I would greatly appreciate it. Is it even legal to make a patient make a downpayment before being discharged?
Submitted August 27, 2019 at 08:07PM by buneezy https://ift.tt/2U8srgS
