2010/02/26/Absolute Collection
Woozle to ACS
Hi,
I am interested in discussing my account further. You currently show $522 due on my account; my total emergency room bill at Duke was in excess of $7000, and I am sure Duke will be passing the remainder of this on to you over the next few months, so there is quite a lot more than $500 to settle up.
Unfortunately, I am in a serious hardship situation now, largely due to caring for an autistic teenager, but I am hoping to have some income again soon with which to start paying off my expenses at Duke Health.
At the moment, however, I could not make more than a token monthly payment on the order of $10 or so.
Please let me know if that will be acceptable, or if you need any further information.
Thank you,
ACS responded
Currently the lowest payment plan we can set for your account is $43.50 per month. If other accounts come to us, we can combine them with the original account and still maintain the $43.50 monthly payment.
Customer Service
This is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be
used for that purpose
Insurance permit# 988
Commentary
At the time I thought this was actually quite promising -- it was more than I initially said that I could pay, but not at all astronomical, and with an apparent promise that it would never grow any larger (per month, anyway) until paid off.