<prompt> Human: So 4 years ago, my girlfriend went to a doctor complaining of abdominal pain. They gave her a test pregnancy test, that she did not ask for and then left her in a room alone for 4 hours before telling her to leave.Then they sent a bill for 700 which she refused to pay and thus it was sent to collections where shes been ignoring it since.As youd imagine, this fucked up her credit score pretty well, but its slowly recovering 750 now.What should we do? Our plan is just to continue to ignore it, but if theres an action we should be taking Id like to know.Thank you.  <response>: You can continue to ignore it until it doesnt show on a credit report, but just because it falls off a credit report doesnt mean another collections agency cant buy the debt and come back after you for it. It can also appear on one credit bureau report and not others. She owes this money and they can pursue her for it indefinitely.If I were her, I would make it right so this doesnt come back to haunt her in the future. There are steps for dealing with delinquent debt in the wiki. 