http://app-momof3girls-1.aidpage.com/ Thu, 25 May 2006 10:40:50 PDT en-us Aidpage(SM) http://i-need-help-paying-a-medical-bill.app-momof3girls-1.aidpage.com/ I've never done anything like this before and I'm a little nervous but I need all the help I can get right now. My baby got really sick a couple years and at the same time my husband got laid off from his job of 4 years due to the weather. We were already living check to check so it was only a short period of time before we ran out of money and got evicted from our home. We're a family of 5, our oldest was 5 years old at the time, and we ended up homeless for 8 months. In that period of time of being homeless, we were in a car accident and my leg got broken. I went to the ER and was treated there and almost two months later I got the first bill. I wrote them back and explained the situation and asked if there was anything we could do to work together to pay the bill and they told me no, it had to be paid in 3 payments (which was $800 per payment) or paid in full. So I said there was nothing I could do, I don't have ANY money (which was the honest truth). Then a few months later I got a letter from an attorney who said they were going to sue me for the money. So I called them and the lady I spoke with told me I was pathetic and if I couldn't pay the bill and new I couldn't pay it then I had no right to go to the doctor in the first place. They said they wouldn't accept any form of payments that the account had to made in full. I ended up hanging up on her and cried my eyes out. I have sent them letters after letter stating that I have recently moved into a home and am looking for a job and as soon as I begin working I would pay them their money. This was 3 months ago and I haven't heard anything from them until today when I got another threatening letter from them saying they felt they now had no choice but to sue me for the funds and if the account wasn't paid in full in 30 days they'd take legal action. I have no money!! It's not like I have a huge savings that I just don't want to touch, I really don't have any money. I live in a bad neighborhood, in an absolutely disgusting house (with no central heat or a/c). We burn a lot of candles cause they are cheaper than electricity. I receive food stamps and WIC and my kids are on Medicaid but this state doesn't offer any assistance for medical or bills to adults. My husband works 10 hours a day, 6 days a week and a lot of holidays and we make just enough to pay rent and what little utilities we have. We don't have a vehicle anymore because of the accident. I just don't have any money. If they garnish my husband wages, we'll be homeless again. Like I said, he brings home just enough to pay our rent and utilities. If they take his wages we can't pay our rent or utilities anymore. I know I owe this money, even if some of the charges are outrageously high, but I just don't have any money to pay them!!! How am I supposed to pay them if I don't have any money to give them? Can anyone help me? Thu, 25 May 2006 10:40:50 PDT