How is this not bigger news?! This is life changing for a great many Americans.

  • thesohoriots@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    It happens more often than you’d think. A friend of mine had a ~$25 medical bill go to collections. They just kept setting the mail out, filing it away each week, and forgetting about it. I ended up paying it and convinced them to get tested for ADHD. Sure enough…

    • earphone843@sh.itjust.works
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      1 month ago

      Yeah, adhd is the only reason I have any debt at all.

      I kinda want to start a company that will manage money for people like me who struggle with keeping up with such things.