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Jailed for $280: The return of debtors' prisons
- smackfu 15y ago"Under the law, debtors aren't arrested for nonpayment, but rather for failing to respond to court hearings, pay legal fines, or otherwise showing "contempt of court" in connection with a creditor lawsuit. "
- Herring 15y agoA loophole that amounts to the same thing, as the article says.
- maeon3 15y agoI received a scam charge from a vapourous business without an office near an emergency room I received services from. It was for 30 dollars. I took the bill to the emergency room I went to and they said they don't recognize that bill and as far as they are concerned don't care if I pay it or not. I was unable to locate the address in the hospital. And when I called the number they insisted I pay the bill. I went in circles with them trying to find out their association with any service rendered in the building I was in. Trying to reconcile the fact that the nice lady at finance dept at the emergency room doesn't recognize your business. I could not make progress in reconciling the disagreement, so I told them that based on my analysis of the situation, you are scam artists, and I will not pay you anything. If you want to contest this, please coordinate with the nice lady at finance in the ER. Never heard from them again. This was about 4 years ago at Waldo county general hospital in Maine. I never got anything in writing. It's scary I could have been jailed for that.