I'm surprised nobody here has mentioned Medicaid for Matt. He has no family and little supplemental income and directly qualifies based on 'blindness or disability.' Medicaid is a government program directed at providing government based health insurance to the impoverished and disabled who would not generally be able to afford it. On the basis of poverty, you have to be WAY below the poverty line - or at least before the Affordable Care Act you did - but on the basis of disability your income can be higher. I can imagine him not applying for it out of pride but at some point someone would probably (or has probably in the past) encourage him to apply for Medicaid.

I am unsure what that bill would be but even with any kind of insurance it would be very expensive. I have good insurance and I once went to the doctor to get blood work done and I got a $200 bill in the mail. Which is in general how most people get their medical bills.

Also if you don't pay them you get collect calls and I know because I have been avoiding paying a medical bill for bloodwork for a while. . .