Why Most People Do Not Have to Pay Their Medical Bills

12 June 2015

 -   If you get a high doctor or hospital bill, you usually do NOT have to pay it.

That’s because almost all such bills are adhesion contracts. An adhesion contract is a “take it or leave it” contract. One side dictates the terms, and the other side must take it or leave it. But the terms are not known up front. So, the person taking it has no idea what they are taking.

In fact, most such bills are not contracts at all. A contract requires a “meeting of the minds.” If a doctor does not tell a patient (a) what will be done or (b) how much it will cost, then there is no meeting of the minds. Further, even if it is a contract, it is an adhesion contract.

Adhesion contracts are VOIDABLE by the party who did not create the contract. So, a person with a huge medical bill can REFUSE to pay it by declaring it VOID.