Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Texas

hospital bill insurance did not pay

is it legal for a collections agency to run a credit report on me for a medical bill and then say that they can force me to pay if i have credit cards. i offered to make payments on the bill of 40.00 a month bill(683.00) they refused to take this payment.


Asked on 1/18/02, 1:04 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Peter Bradie Bradie, Bradie & Bradie

Re: hospital bill insurance did not pay

It is illegal for them to run a credit report on you. Nor can they force you to pay. They are not obligated to accept anything less than full payment on the debt, so your offer of paying $40 per month is not automatically acceptable.

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Answered on 1/18/02, 3:55 pm


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