Hospital Uninsured Patient Discount Act: Case Study

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Under Section 10 of the Hospital Uninsured Patient Discount Act, certain personal property is exempt from the determination of assets owned by an eligible uninsured patient as it relates to the maximum collectible amount in a 12 month period (25% of annual income.) Those assets are listed in the Code of Civil Procedure, 735 ILCS 5/12-1001, with reference to a "debtor's" assets. They include the following:

(a) The necessary wearing apparel, bible, school books, and family pictures of the debtor and the debtor's dependents;

(b) The debtor's equity interest, not to exceed $4,000 in value, in any other property;

(c) The debtor's interest, not to exceed $2,400 in value, in any one motor vehicle;

(d) The debtor's equity interest, not to exceed
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