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Well, at least being Super Bowl champions will soften the blow.
You are going to hell for making me laugh.
The OP video did not work for me. Here is an article about it, and it is God-awful
"You wouldn't think you'd go to jail over medical bills": County in rural Kansas is jailing people over unpaid medical debt
If two court hearings are missed on unpaid medical debt, the judge issues an arrest warrant for contempt of court.www.cbsnews.com
Also: https://features.propublica.org/med...-decide-who-gets-arrested-coffeyville-kansas/
Am I missing something? It says they go to jail for missing two court hearings on the collection. That's not the same as going to jail for unpaid bills.
And you can go to jail (contempt) for ignoring subpoenas in all sorts of contexts.
Right. But at least two problems, imoAm I missing something? It says they go to jail for missing two court hearings on the collection. That's not the same as going to jail for unpaid bills.
And you can go to jail (contempt) for ignoring subpoenas in all sorts of contexts.
Right. But at least two problems, imo
1 - it is clearly a scheme to make debt a criminal offense: they get around the civil contempt rule of jail time being allowed only when the person threatened with jail has the ability to cure by setting up these quarterly "Debtor exams"
2 - the debtors are unrepresented.
Probably more