Liz Weston: Refusing to pay could hurt you more than them
(WorldNews Health)

Oh, the injustice of it all. Who among us hasn`t felt abused as a consumer? We get billed for stuff we didn`t receive, or that doesn`t work, or that didn`t live up to its hype. Companies charge us unexpected fees and insist the costs were revealed in the fine print. Health insurers take customer disservice to a whole new, awful level, inexplicably refusing to pay for services they promised to cover and deluging us with impossible-to-decrypt paperwork. It`s understandable if you feel that enough is enough. But taking a righteous stand against paying an unfair bill can boomerang on you - hard. Here are some situations where you might be tempted to refuse to pay, and what you might want to...