Patient advocates and some state governments say hospitals must do more to help patients deal with medical bills before the debt winds up in collections.
Hospitals frequently post notices about financial help on emergency rooms walls or in bills sent to patient homes. But those can be overlooked or forgotten.
Swamped with medical bills? The hospital that treated you may be able to help. Whether you learn about this before those bills wind up in debt collections is another matter.
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