In the mail I received a check written out to me for $21.70 from a local hospital. In the memo it stated ‘refund’. Knowing I haven’t been to the hospital, I called the billing office.
The woman proceeds to tell me that a payment was made on ‘my’ account in cash. She transfers me to the desk of the woman who accepted the payment.
This lady tells me that ‘I’ came in person and paid a $2200 bill from 5 years ago. There was a $21.70 adjustment and I was mailed a check for the overage amount.
5 years prior, I did have an ER visit for a broken arm (no insurance) and the bill had moved over into collections. I simply said ‘thank you’ and hung up.
A few months later I got an email from Credit Karma telling me that the collection had been removed from my credit profile.
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