In cases of medical debt, a collection agency has significantly less motivation to
settle than a doctor or hospital would.
Not exact matches
The screenwriters should've taken their own advice and tried to make a comedy that reached for great heights,
doctor rather
than settling for a film that falls on its face.
Also, you do not want to rely on your
doctor's opinion that you will recover fully within a few months because if it turns out you do not recover, then you would have
settled for less
than what you deserve.
I suppose there could be valid reasons why 4 out of every 5 jury verdicts go in favor of the
doctor or hospital — maybe the strongest cases are all being
settled before trial, leaving only the weakest cases behind — but it's hard to say that with a straight face when those figures mean that malpractice defendants have better odds winning in a courtroom
than the odds a casino has winning its own games.
If your auto insurance provider denies coverage, or if you
settle for less
than the total of all your medical expenses, it is possible that you could personally be responsible for your
doctor's bills.