What is the name of your state? IL
I was wondering what precedure i would need to follow if i wanted to file a lawsuit against a collection agency and the doctor who sent the bill into them. A couple of years back i was having severe medical problems. I applied for and got Medicaid. The following year i started getting letters from a collection agency but i called and told them that bill fell under medicaid. They stated ok. Months passed and again i was contacted. Looking it up again i contacted them again and told them it was not something i was to pay. Then the following year i had several medical bills which went to this same collection agency and i called and set up a payment plan with them. I finally thought i was done (payment book) but about 3 weeks later instead of a notice stating paid in full i got another payment book. Unbenoiced to me they had incorporated the old debt (medicaid) into this one. I called asking why i was getting this debt and then was told about it. I contacted medicaid who stated they would look into it. My problem with the collection agency came as i tired to explain that medicaid was looking into the matter, whereby i was yelled at and verbally abuse by this person. Then when i said for her to stop yelling at me she hung up.
IT was later proved that the bill was paid in full and there was no reason for the harassment. This was also on my credit report. What if anything can i do or should i do?
I was wondering what precedure i would need to follow if i wanted to file a lawsuit against a collection agency and the doctor who sent the bill into them. A couple of years back i was having severe medical problems. I applied for and got Medicaid. The following year i started getting letters from a collection agency but i called and told them that bill fell under medicaid. They stated ok. Months passed and again i was contacted. Looking it up again i contacted them again and told them it was not something i was to pay. Then the following year i had several medical bills which went to this same collection agency and i called and set up a payment plan with them. I finally thought i was done (payment book) but about 3 weeks later instead of a notice stating paid in full i got another payment book. Unbenoiced to me they had incorporated the old debt (medicaid) into this one. I called asking why i was getting this debt and then was told about it. I contacted medicaid who stated they would look into it. My problem with the collection agency came as i tired to explain that medicaid was looking into the matter, whereby i was yelled at and verbally abuse by this person. Then when i said for her to stop yelling at me she hung up.
IT was later proved that the bill was paid in full and there was no reason for the harassment. This was also on my credit report. What if anything can i do or should i do?