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Wisconsin Hospital Files 200 Debt Lawsuits During Pandemic


Wisconsin Hospital Files 200 Debt Lawsuits During Pandemic
By Bram Sable-Smith | December 28, 2020
MADISON, Wis. (AP) –Alysa Gummow didn’t know what to think in October when the letters from law firms arrived in the mail. She had filed for bankruptcy in 2017 to restructure nearly $50,000 in debt mostly from an earlier hip surgery. But that was resolved. Why was she getting these letters now?
The 37-year-old learned that Froedtert South hospital in Kenosha, Wisconsin was suing her to recover about $1,000 in separate bills that her health insurance didn’t cover.
A maskless man visited her home a few days later to make the lawsuit official, delivering the message: “You’ve been served.” ....

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Hospital Files 200 Lawsuits Against Patients


Many hospitals in state promised to slow down debt collection during pandemic. They haven’t.
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About 366,000 nonelderly people in Wisconsin lack health insurance coverage, according to an Urban Institute analysis. Still others are underinsured, which can still leave them overwhelmed by large medical bills that they are unable to pay. Claire DeRosa / Wisconsin Watch
Alysa Gummow didn’t know what to think in October when the letters from bankruptcy law firms arrived in the mail. She had filed for bankruptcy in 2017 to restructure nearly $50,000 in debt mostly stemming from a hip surgery two years earlier. But that was resolved. Why was she getting these letters now? ....

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