My credit score is on the lower end of poor. I'm 21 years old and have paid my bills on time and then I had about $5,000 in medical debt that Medicaid ended up paying for, but the process took forever, in the mean time, I was sent to collections

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This reminds me of the time, I was penalized for a delinquency on my student loan because the bill was sent to the wrong address. As I learned then, it was still my fault because that's how debt works. It was my responsibility to take care of debt with the school regardless of whom or what got in the way of that.

I suspect this is similar in your case. You were the primary party responsible for payment to the hospital. Remember that you entered into the agreement with the hospital and not Medicaid. As such, they have every right to send you to collections if payments were not made as stipulated in the agreement.

The best thing to do now is to call both the collections company and the original creditor to explain the situation. They are under no obligation to remove the inquiries but sometimes you will get a compassionate person who will understand.

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I had a $25 charge on a medical service a year ago that went into collections. Shortly before it went to the collections agency, I was credited $40 to the same medical account, resulting in a net credit of $15. I had the original medical billing office contact the collections agency and let them know that my account was now current. Can this person do the same thing?"

mandabee at 1:44 pm Nov 12

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can you buy a car with a score of 600"

antbug2001 at 12:33 pm Oct 2

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Not with traditional financing like GMAC or Ford Motor Credit. Some dealer may take a risk if you have a good down payment. Just be prepared to pay a high rate.

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