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The insurance company would pay them directly to make sure they are paid.
No. I assume that you were in a car accident and that you had injuries. I assume that you had medical expenses that were not covered by insurance. I assume that you own a house and there is a lien on that house to pay the cost of the medical care. I assume that the insurance settlement took 2-3 years to settle. I assume that your settlement amount paid by the other driver's insurance policy was less than the cost of your medical care. There is no other "insurance" to rely upon to pay the cost of the medical are that was not covered by your insurance and that was not covered in full by the amount of money you received from the other driver's insurance company.
No, by signing the settlement you are waving the insurance company and the opperator from any further liability.
Yes, to recover cost of medical care that for which the defendant in the settlement was liable.
Minimum you are responsible for all claims due to the accident. Damage and medical if any. Depending on state, one or both of you may get hit with no insurance ticket, fines vary, probably will not suspend lincense since you were not driving. It is so much easier to play by the rules and keep insurance. Been there done that.
Medical insurance payments to the providers of the services for your medical bill charges would not reduce the amount that medicare will approve for the payment amount charges that they will pay for the services that you have received.
Perhaps you did not phrase the question the way you meant to? If you received a settlement, I am baffled as to why you would think that money you received is tax-deductible. If you still have some expenses that were not covered by the settlement, you may be able to claim a casualty loss deduction or a medical expense deduction. If you paid out a settlement, it would only be deductible if it were a business expense.
Pay back whom? If you receive a settlement for an injury and you have medical bills you have to pay those bills related to the injury and it is a good idea to put any remaining funds leftover into a special account in case you get future bills for that injury. Many people go and buy a house or a car with the settlement money and then later on when they need the money to pay for injury care the money is gone and they are in real trouble. Medical insurance carriers will not pay for injury care when you have received a settlement to pay for that injury care. So be wise.
This largely depends on the jurisdiction. It is possible for some insurers to press for reimbursement from a settlement but it depends on a number of variables as well as the particular laws of the state. The article below goes into more detail on the possible instances where repayment is or is not required.
If they have a Subrogation Clause (Section of Property Insurance and Liability Insurance policies giving an insurer the right to take legal action against a third party responsible for a loss to an insured for which a claim has been paid) in their contract (and most do). The above answer is correct. What this means is you need to take this into consideration when deciding on a settlement. If your health insurance paid $50,000 in benefits and your attorney gets 30% of what he/she recovers, settling for $75,000 may sound nice but you will likely never see a nickel of it.
Yes. The health insuror's subrogation rights entitle them to 100% reimbursement of all medical expenses. However, unless your attorney is totally incompetent, she will include the health insuror in the settlement negotiations and fix their payment in the deal.
No, Workers Comp includes lifetime medical for work-related injuries, so health insurance typically excludes anything covered by Comp.