Potential tenant with medical debt

[Janice Harvison]

Hello everybody-

My husband and I just fixed up our first property to use as a rental and now have it on the market.  We are getting calls from all kinds of people from the Craiglist ad (surprise, surprise).  I've got a Rental Application and was describing the info I'd need to this guy on the phone.  He sounds like he would not make a good tenant (he's banking on getting a job in the area but doesn't have it yet) but he brought up an issue we hadn't considered:  outstanding medical debt.  He says he owes in the neighborhood of $140,000 and decided to "feed his family" instead of paying it.  Will the hospital eventually garnish his wages to get paid?  Do any of you have experience with this issue?  This guy most likely won't rent from us, but we need to know how to handle it.