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    Default 2 Year Old Unknown Medical Bill Sent to Collection and Now Notice of Civil Hearing

    My question involves collection proceedings in the State of: WA

    Went through bc treatment three years ago. We had primary and secondary insurance that should have covered everything. Two years after surgery find out there is a bill unpaid in the amount of $800. Dr. office never called to notify us. We received a call from collection agency July 2009 for unpaid medical bill Feb 2007. I asked for the dates of the unpaid procedures because my insurance should have paid for all bills. I was given date so called doctors office and found out they had billed incorrectly...billed secondary as primary. My secondary turned down because it should have been primary. Anyway we called insurance they said to just resubmit bill and they would pay it. So....we thought everything was taken care of, when collection agency calls saying they only paid one billing. Called dr office said to bill secondary but since it is two years old I need to file appeal for them to payoff debt, which they said would be no problem. In mean time we received notice that a lawsuit has been started against us. We responded in writing explaining that the bill was being taken care of, we sent copies of letter to collection, attorney and court. Now we have recieved letter stating civil hearing is scheduled. All this for a doctors bill of $385. We never tried to run, once we knew of the bill we began to get bill paid. What do we do now. What will court be like.

    Thank you.

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    Default Re: 2 Year Old Unknown Medical Bill Sent to Collection and Now Notice of Civil Hearin

    The lawsuit was started by whom? The collection agency? As owner of the debt? As the representative of the doctor's office? If it's the latter, why hasn't the doctor's office instructed them to dismiss the suit?

    You need to answer the lawsuit in a timely manner, appear as required, and not default.

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    Default Re: 2 Year Old Unknown Medical Bill Sent to Collection and Now Notice of Civil Hearin

    The collection agency is the one who started the suit. I am so frustrated, my husband talked to the person at the doctors office getting the information for our insurance and she told him she knew they had started court hearings. I thought that once we began getting the bills paid this would all end....but not.

    Any ideas of what we can do? We do plan on going to the court date, but cannot afford an attorney.

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