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