I was hospitalized XX/XX/XXXX. There was a bill for XXXX XXXX XXXX in the amount of {$36.00}. That was paid on XX/XX/XXXX and posted to my account on XX/XX/XXXX. I first learned of this deby when applying for a home loan. I have contacted XXXX XXXX numerous times to let them know that this was not accurate and to please verifiy the balance with the client. Fox Collection refused and failed to follow up and thus knowingly continued to report negative items to the credit bureaus. They said that I had to submit proof of payment I finally had to reach out to XXXX XXXX XXXX and have them reach out to settle the matter. Unfortunately this does not erase the 8 months of a negative collection on my credit reports that was an error to begin with. Fox Collection Company displayed blatant disregard in handling my account. I have spoken to numerous account reps and even left voicemails to the Collections Manager that went unreturned. Unfortunately Fox Collections was wrong when they stated that is was my responsibility to prove the debt was not accurate. In fact I have recently learned that its their responsibility to verify the validity of the debt. At no point have I ever recieved a letter regarding this debt. I would assume that they have the wrong address however despite numerous conversations no one asked me to verify my mailing address. Due to Fox Collections reporting this negative and false collection to credit bureaus this has caused me many issues as a collection looks really bad and lowers my scores and this has even affected my homeowners insurance and car insurance rates as they do look at credit factors. 
