VD: TikTok of Someone asking: “what’s a piece of information you learned that feels illegal to know?”
The video switches to @dollarfor, who speaks directly into the camera and says
“Most hospitals in America are non-profits. This means they have to have financial assistance or a Charity Care policy.
This is gonna sound weird, but what that means is that if you make under a certain amount of money, the hospital will legally have to forgive your medical bills.
Let me show you how to do this.”
Showing an image of Google, following along with their own instructions:
“Type in the hospital name and financial assistance after this. It should be the top link, let’s check.
What you want to do is look for financial assistance applications and policies, and check the policy.
From here what you’re looking for is a sliding scale. Here: from 0-300% of the federal poverty limit they will forgive 100% of your medical bills.
So you can see here that 300% of the federal poverty guidelines is 37,470. So if you make under that amount, the hospital will legally forgive your medical bills. If you’re a larger household you can check it out from here.
If you wanna test it out, I run a nonprofit that does this, so DM me and I can do it for you. I can crush those medical bills.”
ID 1: We have received and processed you request for financial assistance with your medical bills. You qualify for 100% assistance for Vanderbilt University Medical Center services covered under the Patient Assistance Program. Your account balance has been adjusted to zero.
ID 2: Account Balances showing Amount due as $0.00. VUMC Financial Assistance: Approved. /End ID
