<prompt> Human: My boyfriend and I have been living together for almost two years, we settled in an apartment that was decent in rent and was minutes from both my school and work. The thing is that although I very much enjoy living together and live the actual apartment, I hate the locationneighborhood as it is in the top 15 most dangerous cities in California. Growing up in a low income community I was used to a lot of crime and sketchy activity and it really didnt phase me but man this place took it to a whole new level. Before moving here I never called cops, because for us in our familycommunity you dont call the police unless its the last resort, we rather deal figure it out ourselves because the police sometimes make things worse. Anyway since living here Ive had to call 3 times, once because I saw a man hitting his S.O, another because my car was stolen and once for a shooting in front of the apt that killed 2 people. Besides me calling the cops my car has gotten broke into several times, there has been several murders, the manager of this property is a dipshit, and my bfs car was totaled while parked. Anyways our last straw was last week when we got home from a family party around 2 a.m and we saw police forensics surrounding the apartment because a lady killed a guy in her apt. So weve been looking around for apts in nicer areas and figured we rather pay a couple hundred more for safety. So I apply to this gorgeous place that is so perfect for us and in such a prettyhigh end area but got denied to my surprise bc my bf had owed to collections. I was so upset because I had my head set on this place, and I was approved but he wasnt even though he makes a lot more money than me. Back story: about a year ago my boyfriend got this nasty throat infection it was so bad he lost 20 lb from the lack of eating, we went to a clinic that tested him for strep throat and came back negative and told him to come back if it got worse and it did so we went back and again they tested him for strep throat and again negative they told him they did not have the equipment to treat his infection and told him to go to the E.R. So we get there around 8p.mand right away they drew his blood and again tested him for strep throat, they gave him Norco pills and and I.V and magnesium drip, they told him that he might have to get surgery but wed have have to wait for the earthroatnose Dr. to arrive at like 56 a.m. Anyway so a really nice nurse comes to take a sample with a large cotton swab and when he does that a bubble of pus pops and his throats starts to feel a lot better. So they told him that surgery was no longer necessary, they gave a proscription for Norco and antibiotics which we paid forand we went on our way. Later a pill from the clinics comes and pay that right away and maybe a moth later we get a 3000 bill from the E.R and are so confused because he has 7030 insurance meaning that the whole procedure was 10,000 and and he had to pay 30 of it. The bill was just a receipt and did not list the price of anything, we figured that they charged us for the operation that we did not have so called the hospital for months straight to only be hung up on or told the same thing. When we asked them to send us a bill with the actual cost of everything like the drip exams etc they said they would and then again just send us a blank bill that stated that we owed 3000. Anyway I guess they now handed it over to a collection company that is ruining our chances to get out of here. My boyfriend vows to never again go to a hospital unless hes dying. Any advice on how to handle this situation is greatly appreciated.  <response>: TL;DR OP tried to get a new apartment and was denied because boyfriend has surprise medical bill in collections. 