medical bill questions

[DUMBAGAIN]

Ok, so we are in a 100% payback plan with 17 months to go. I have about 5200 in medical bills outstanding (had some medical issues last year), I'm currently squeezing out 200 a month to pay them, however it's making things tight. So my questions are:

1. If I stop paying them can i be sued for medial bills?
2. If I reduce my payments say to 50 a month, can they sue me?

I need to free up a few $s but I don't need any problems by doing that.

Thanks Dumb.

[LadyInTheRed]

If you owe them money and are not paying as agreed, they can sue you. Whether they are likely to sue is a different question. Did you reach an agreement with them that you would pay $200 a month and they wouldn't sue, or is that just the amount you decided to pay and they haven't complained?

[DUMBAGAIN]

It just the amount I've been paying, they have not complained.

[LadyInTheRed]

It may be that if you drop the payment to $150 they aren't going to complain. If you stop paying completely, they'll complain at which point you could tell them you can't continue the $200, but can pay a lower amount. It may help to tell them you'll be able to increase the payments after 17 months. It's hard to know for sure how they'll react.

[andy158]

We had the same situation. http://www.bkforum.com/showthread.ph...-while-in-bk13

We are sending each one $10/month until we get discharged and then pay the remainding balance in full. Already got the nasty grams and waiting for the phone calls to start.