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Needless to say, I dislike this particular debt collector. Apologies
>to those who make a living at it, and I'm sure there are deadbeats out
>there, but deadbeats, by definition, haven't got money, and
>middle-class suburbanites do, so I think this "debt" collection agency
>has a very easy time arrogating money from confused parents that don't
>know what a balance bill is and don't know that they're illegal in
>this state. My son took an ambulance ride, and the ambulance company
>didn't like what my health insurance company thinks is "reasonable and
>customary", but they have a contract with my insurer, and so they're
>obligated to accept what was offered. They think that I can be conned
>into forking over hundreds of dollars that I don't owe.
In most states ambulance companies are regulated by the Department of Health. A note to them would most assuredly get the attention of the ambulance co.