Can you according to law be jailed over a medical bill?
970376
yep\n pay your debts.
687367
Small claims court depending on the amount of the bill. You could also send the bill to collections.
50155
You most certainly can until such time that you are examined by a psychiatrist that you were having said episode. The psychiatrist may have to testify in Court as to your mental satate at the time of the arrest.
525835
Yes he can. However most don't. The medical records a doctor has in his possession are his property. If someone, even the patient, wants copies of those, it is the Doctors right to charge a small copying fee.
1073286
Hospital bills + what ever you feel like.  If you ask for too much they will back off and want you to take them to court.
446123
Please don't quote me, as I'm not a lawyer, but just giving general advice based on what I have learned.\n\nWhile you do have the right to seek medical care for your son that is satisfactory to you, your son's health comes before your satisfaction as far as the state is concerned. It is possible that the doctors at the hospital that you signed him out of assumed that you hadn't taken him elsewhere for treatment, and instead just decided to forgo treatment, in which case they would have called the state with a complaint of neglect. That to me seems the most likely possibility. It is also possible that the state decided that wherever you took your son wasn't giving him a quality level of treatment.\n\nThe best thing you can do is to consult with a lawyer if you haven't already. There are many lawyers who won't charge you unless they take the case and go to court, and some still that will only charge you if you win your case. If you can't find a lawyer who will help you, ask one for a reference to someone who can. \n\nI wish you the best of luck, and hope you get this issue resolved.
1155970
The reason medical bill debt destroys your credit even though it isn't in the same category as other credit is simple: the medical providers have the right to obtain judgments against you.  Once those are in place, any other judgment creditors will have to compete with the medical providers to collect if they, too, end up having to sue to collect debt.  \n\nThus, unfortunately, whether you asked for the problem or not, having judgments or the risk of future judgments against you makes you a poor candidate to extend credit to.
884926
Practicing medicine without a license is a serious crime.  So is tricking people into giving you money for worthless treatments when they have a serious disease like cancer.  I can almost guarantee you will do prison time over it.
434098
I agree, get a lawyer. Too many posibilities and not enough clarification with your question. Most Doctors practicing medicine today carry  malpractice insurance. If the Doctor is clearly at fault you may have an easier time finding representation via a lawyer as they can expect a payout even if you can't afford one now.
17362
One of the rights everyone has is to be prevented by others from harming\noneself.  But the laws on this are pretty strictly drawn in most states.  To be\nhospitalized in a mental health ward against one's will, can only be done if\na person is judged to be an IMMINENT danger to oneself or others, and/or\ngravely disabled, the latter meaning one cannot deal/provide for the basic\nnecessities of life -- all these criteria under this further condition: BASED ON\nmental illness.  So when a mother some years back wanted me to do an\ninvoluntary hospitalization, because her kid was running with a gang which\nshe viewed as harmful to him, I had to explain the "based on" condition \nwritten into the law.   Moreover, an involuntary hospitalization is usually \nknown as a "72 hour hold" -- after which the hospital  staff would have to go to the judge and seek a 'short term certification', usually 30 days, after that\nback to court again, sometimes for a longer term.  But those judgments are\nnot lightly given, because another part of the law, at least in many states, is\nthat patients be in "THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE SETTING" during all phases of\ntheir care, unless the aforesaid issues of harm came into play.\n\nFinally, straight jackets are seldom used.  Some facilities, including jails and\nlocked youth facilities, have literally a rubber room -- every surface covered\nwith soft rubber.  If they did not, a violently angry teenager who has been \nthrough simply horrendous abuse, would hurl herself or himself at an iron\ndoor, head first, to do as much damage as possible.  Underneath it all they\nare effectively saying, "You wanna hurt me.  I'll hurt me, and I'll do it so bad\nyou and no one else will ever forget it -- so bad you and this staff here\ncould not match me in their wildest dreams, because i will harm myself\nbeyond imagination."   I've heard kids say this, then hurl themselves against\nan iron door, doing as they say, terrible damage.   But one of their rights\nis to be protected from acting out that anger, since it effectively allows the\nabuser to get another period of pain out of them.  And that's not ok -- our\njob is to keep them safe until we can work with them to the point where they\nsee that the best response to abuse is to say, "you (the abuser) are not going\nto get one more second out of my life.  And I will have a happy and wonder-ful life in spite of you."\n\nEveryone has a right to get to that point, even if it takes a straight jacket to\nkeep them safe long enough to get there.\n\nAnd the adjective "gay" in your question should be utterly irrelevant and\nimmaterial to the entire set of perameters I have described.   Fortunately\nsociety is going through a sea change in its acceptance of gay people\n(though it certainly can't happen fast enough).  But you will quickly find that\nno licensed professional, and no credentialed institution will dare base any\nof their treatment of an individual on his/her sexual preference.   Already\nI believe we have passed the tipping point in that regard, though it may not\nbe evident to residents of certain towns, cities, and states.
694073
I believe the laws of the US state that a person cannot be denied basic medical care  no matter what their financial conditions are.   I know that a few years back, I got medical care that I didn't have to pay for when I got bit by a spider, even though the cost was considerably more than my provincial government was willing to pay and my daughter got free care that saved her life that wasn't yet available in Canada.
427538
Are you trying to say the doctor screwed up and caused the bill to go up?  If so, you have negotiating room.  Tell them to cancel the bill or they will be hearing from lawyers.
25718
Well It Depends If you live in aplace that has a public fire department and you called them because your house was on fire then probably not, but if you called for a medical reason and the ambulance showed up then more than likely you will have to pay a bill.  There is the Rare exception to this in that there is private fire departments that charge for their services and there are public fire departments that bill businesses and sometime they bill for water usage
1109182
they should pay your medical bills
902232
If the person signed a contract saying they would be liable for the costs of treatment, they are liable. Take them to small claims court.
982318
Same thing in Canada.  If the payor is on public assistance like welfare, it cannot be garnisheed for a support order.  The client only gets enough to meet basic necessities and welfare cannot use public money to pay off the persons debts (which is what a support order is).  It's just not allowed under legislation.  \n\nThe authorities, regarding the work issue, will have their hands tied.  Although you think he can still work, and maybe he can, the legislation, like up here, is probably written to the effect that if a medical doctor says he can't, they can't make him look for work. \n\nFrustrating I know.  All the best of luck!  It ain't easy being a single mom.  I know.
79504
HIPAA really doesn't have a whole lot to do with the billing aspect. As long as the patient signs a consent form allowing you to bill on their behalf, you can. It allows you to release any information needed to the insurance company to get the claim payed.