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My husband was in the hospital without insurance. I sat down with the hospital financial counselor, showed her my paystubs and tax returns and signed a payment plan with the hospital to pay his bill in 24 monthly payments. I made the 24 monthly payments on time according to the payment plan and the hospital is now saying I owe several thousand dollars more because we don't qualify for their financial aid. If I do not pay this bill and they send me to collections and the collection agency takes me to court, will they win? I have a copy of the signed payment plan stating that 24 monthly payments as agreed in the plan (and as I paid) will "satisfy the account".
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Thatcher Stone
You and the hospital had a dispute, and the agreement you entered in to is what lawyers and judges call an "accord and satisfaction." It is usually binding on the hospital unless you did not make all the payments or breached some other term the hospital considered important.
A letter from a lawyer attaching both a copy of the agreement and evidence of all your payments should make them go away.
Answered on Apr 21st, 2014 at 11:08 AM