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Originally posted by security_man
dude i feel your pain.. i have the same name as my father, his father and his grandfather - thats right i am the fourth and you would not BELEAVE the screwups that causes LOL
as far as legal action i dunno, but nine times out of ten the hospital will get stiffed and not have a social so they look up a name and address, if you lived at that address at any time then they will attach your social to the bill even though there are two people. the other possibility is that your dad used your social (my dad is an asshole and has done something similar in the past so no commentary on your family or anything, just a posibility) but no matter what the situation is if you didnt incur the bill then you are not responsable for it.
you can dispute the hit to your credit through the credit agencies - there are instructions on how on their sites if i remember correctly. The hospital then has to prove that you are responable and obviously they cant do that so it should be dropped. the collection agencies are a different issue tho - there is little you can do to stop them because they dont give a rats ass if you are responable or not... they bought the debt and if they can badger you into paying them then they wont have any problems sleeping at night. you might check with a lawyer in your area to see if there is any legal recourse you can take to stop them, but collection agencies dont report to your credit and they can only bluster and annoy so if you can take it (or ignore it, thank gawd for caller id) then that problem will solve its self
it sucks dude... i feel your pain, but just thank gawd your only a Jr 
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Oh I know the screw ups.
Im not a Jr I am the II - 2nd My mother fought my father about that. Its a real pain in the ass, I know that