<prompt> Human: The title mostly explains it all. He came down with a case of double pneumonia and ended up in the E.R. From the E.R., he ended up being admitted for a week.He has a job making a little over 70k with zero benefits thus no health insurance and no emergency savings. Hes received a bill from the hospital and a bill from one doctor. He has three other doctors from whom he has yet to receive bills.Based on this limited information, what can he do to ease the burden?---UPDATE: The hospital apparently gave him some forms while he was still in there to work with his finances and is in the process of hopefully having his bill completely waived. Thanks for the help.  <response>: Most hospitals will waive tons of charges if you talk to them honestly. He just needs to evaluate what his finances look like and contact them. Every hospital has a department dedicated for working with people. Dont consider bankruptcy until every option has been explored with the hospital.For reference I had a friend that racked up close to 40k from a busy appendix. No insurance. Hospital brought it down to 3k. This was at a for profit as well. Granted your friend does have a higher income though. 