How will the state of mass. collect and enforce fines (penalties)for unpaid mandatory health insurance?
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The fines will be charged and enforced by the Department of Revenue, in the same way the Department of Revenue collects unpaid taxes and related fees.
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There is a new federal law, but it relates to "janitor insurance" -- life insurance for which the employer was the main beneficiary.\n\nAs for health insurance: you can usually declare one policy "secondary" to another. But you have to take the initiative. I have done that with household cover because I have both homeowners and renters and the renters policy is better. I forced the agent to get a letter from the household company acknowledging that the policy was secondary.\n\nNo reduction in premium, but it avoide the problem of co-insurance, deductibles, absence of new-for-old and other stuff that the forced insurance didn't offer but the renters policy did.\n\nOn health, I have FEHBP (government employee/retiree insurance) so I have to watch out for the same sort of issue, but I haven't had to demand acknowledgment of secondary cover yet. My "other" cover is national health service (UK), and that doesn't count.
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They will go to court in a law suit, and can take years.\n\nI had one in MO that took about 9 years and then the insurance company finally offered an ok settlement.\nIf not, it could have taken longer.
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If you're sick right now, go to the nearest public hospital emergency room.  Under federal law, they cannot refuse to treat you merely because you cannot pay.  Yes, you may wait a long time in line, and yes, you may recieve some uncomfortable questions regarding your ability to pay, but until we can fix the damn system, that's the way it is.  Get your problem dealt with first so it does not get any worse, and then worry about the "who's gonna pay" question.\nYour question really has two parts: you also need to know how to get preventive care.  That's where social services come in.  You can ask for a referral to the appropriate people while you're in the emergency room, in fact.  No, they won't make you go see social services before they treat your ilness or your dental problem.  Social services will help you find that doctor and dentist.  It probably won't be fully satisfactory, but dammit, any care is better than none!  And you might just join with those of us - medical personell and laypeople alike - in badgering the hell out of Congress to fix our miserable health care system!!!  Write letters, make phone calls, send e-mails - we gotta get on Congress's case and keep on it!  Yo, this old mick's been in health care for over forty years, but I/we can't fix it by ourselves.
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well, depends first on how you plead to the charge, is it for no insurance, or no proof of insurance? If you plead not guilty, then they cannot fine you until they've proven your guilt. In my experience I say take them all the way, fight it in court, things like that judges and courts don't want cluttering up their dockets and usually don't pursue any extreme measures to enforce a fine. My advice is to plead not guilty and take it all the way! even if you lose you're still in same boat as if you had plead guilty in the first place.
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Nothing much.\n\nHe should make sure that the physicians demands are fulfilled upto mark.\n\nTake a good picture.
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Yes, Before you are turned in to a collectioin agency Contact\nHill-Burton Hotline\nHealth Resources and Services Administration\n5600 Fishers Lane, Rm. 11-19\nRockville, MD 20857\n800-638-0742 (outside MD)\n800-492-0359 (within MD)\n\nThese people are supposed to be able to help you pay your hsopital bill.
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The only penalty there should be is the loss of customers. There are way to many laws on things that would fix themselves. By having a government that tells us what is right and wrong about everything the populace losses the ability to know the difference for themselves.
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An Ombudsman takes complaints from family members and then reports problems to the state. Most of them are paid off by the nursing homes though. It's much better to call the state with complaints yourself.
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Depends on the state....in Texas for example, there is no cap on fines...and if you receive two or more citations during one year, the state will send you a bill for surcharges ranging from $100.00 to $2500.00.\n\nFighting the automated tickets can be tough; especially if you are guilty.  If in fact, you are not guilty, request a trial by jury.  If the trial ever happens, the juries are usually sympathetic to the camera cases.  In Texas, they were banned when a state judge received a ticket in the mail for doing 328 miles per hour in a 45 mile per hour zone in a Buick.\n\nThe best way to handle any ticket if you have a clean record, is to request defferred adjudication or request to complete defensive driving course and the offense will be dismissed.\n\nGood Luck and drive safe!
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pay taxes (check)\njoin the guard (check)\nhelp katrina victims (check)\nimpeach certain liars.....*sigh*
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Get their own insurance.  Go to the hospitals get treated work out a payment program.  Hospitals are required to treat people even if they are indigent so us taxpayers pick up the bill anyway
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Try going to insurance news:\nhttp://www.findlocalinsurance.com/insurancenews.html
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each state has a banking and insurance dept that would handle compliants
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In some states, it's against the law for a hospital to turn someone away who needs medical treatment. Most states require that a doctor sees a patient before the person can be turned away – to insure that the person needs medical care. Generally speaking, you will be billed for your stay in the hospital, and it’s treated like any other expense. If you don’t pay it could affect your credit: half of all personal bankruptcies include some medical debt.\n\nIt’s estimated that 1 in every 7 Americans will visit an emergency room this year, with the average cost being around $400. The average cost of surgery is closer to $1,000. A New England Journal of Medicine study suggests than more than 1 in 10 emergency room visits were for non-emergencies. That means that 10 percent of emergency room visits could have been handled at a doctor’s office, where the average cost was $60 per visit during the study period. It’s even less if you have a small copay under an HMO or PPO.\n\nThere are hundreds of health insurance plans out there that provide financial protection in case you are injured and require extended hospital stays or costly medical procedures. Many of them have a monthly cost of less than a tank of gas. If you’re worried about getting hurt or sick without insurance, you should talk with local state-licensed health insurance agents. Check out MostChoice.com. It is a health insurance shopping site that provides free instant quotes and policy descriptions along with a quick and easy way to get in touch with insurance experts in your area. There’s no cost or obligation to you, and you’re information is used solely to help you find affordable health insurance.\n\nYou can find it here: http://www.mostchoice.com/health-insurance.cfm\n\nGood luck,\n\nBarnes@MostChoice.com
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You need to contact your insurance company.  The answer to this is state specific.  It will depend on whether you are in a "no fault" state or not.  Also if you are at fault or even partially at fault.  Also, what coverages you carry on your policy.\n\nIn Connecticut, there is no "no fault" coverage.  If you're at fault, you need to be carrying medical payments coverage to pay for any medical bills related to the acident, including prescriptions.  If you're not at fault, then you can collect reimbursement from the other person's insurance.
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Usually you can setup a payment plan.  My buddy did it in PA.  He paid like $15/month for a huge amount of fines he accumulated.