[JoeS21]

My therapist sent me a bill full of errors, saying that I owe much more than I really owe. I called him, and he seems to believe that his errors are not really errors.

My understanding or misunderstanding is that in Massachusetts (or everywhere in the USA) you have 30 days to dispute a bill in writing or it is considered accurate in a court of law.

Anyone know if I'm stuck paying this inaccurate bill, or if I can still successfully dispute it?

(My SSDI benefits are too high to qualify for Greater Boston Legal Services, which is too bad since my rent payment, and non-federal student loan payments, use up more money than I get every month.)

[healingme4me]

How did it turn out? Were you able to send the dispute out, in time? Can you utilize a community resource center for assistance?

"Investigate your hidden assumptions."-Cornel West

[Rose76]

One option you might employ is to pay the amount that you believe you legitimately owe and default on the balance. If your only income is SSDI, you may be "judgement proof." Even if your therapist were to sue you and win the suit, your income from Social Security could not be touched. So, unless you've got a bunch of money sitting in the bank, or some other large and liquid asset, most anyone you owe money to pretty much has to take whatever you decide to give them. (An exception to that would be the IRS.)

This might put your relationship with the therapist under a severe strain, but I don't think I'ld want to keep working with a therapist who I thought was ripping me off.

If I were you, I would send the therapist a written explanation of what I thought was wrong with the bill. You really should do this, if all you've had so far is a verbal conversation. Then I would send a check for the amount I believed I did really owe and let it go at that. You might very well not hear anymore from the therapist.