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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.
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.
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.
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. Medical bills often represent large, unexpected shocks that can crash personal budgets. Roughly 1 in 7 U.S. residents with a credit record has medical debt […]