Medical treatment for a traumatic injury can extend into weeks or months of care. Each day, thousands of dollars in hospital, doctor, and rehabilitation bills can be added to the sum total of expenses from the day before. Victims can quickly become stressed over how to pay their medical bills while still trying to heal. Money to pay for a full recovery can be secured through a claim for damages filed against an at-fault driver’s auto insurance provider. If the driver has no insurance at all, support can be gained by filing a claim against the victim’s own car insurance policy’s uninsured motorist coverage. Waiting on an insurance claim to reach a fair settlement or a personal injury lawsuit to be resolved in court can take up to a year or more. In that time, the victims of traumatic injury will likely have a pile of medical bills that are overdue. In these cases, it’s sometimes necessary to ask healthcare providers to accept a medical lien for their services. This is a promise that the victim will pay doctors and health insurance companies as soon as a personal injury settlement is awarded. A skilled personal injury lawyer may also be able to negotiate to get the victim’s medical charges reduced and make it possible to pay a smaller percentage of the total bill in the end.