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Providence hospitals in WA must provide $158 million in refunds and debt relief to patients who should have been offered free or discounted medical care.

SEATTLE (AP) — Providence health care system is refunding nearly $21 million in medical bills paid by low-income residents of Washington — and it’s erasing $137 million more in outstanding debt for tens of thousands of others — to settle the state’s allegations that it overcharged those patients and then used aggressive collection tactics when […]

Providence health care system is refunding nearly $21 million in medical bills paid by low-income residents of Washington — and it’s erasing $137 million more in outstanding debt for tens of thousands of others — to settle the state’s allegations that it overcharged those patients and then used aggressive collection tactics when they failed to pay

14 Providence hospitals, including Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, reached an agreement in a state lawsuit.

Providence has already erased about $125 million in medical debt following the state's lawsuit two years ago, Ferguson said.

The average refund has been around $478, according to the Attorney General's Office.

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The average refund has been around $478, according to the Attorney General's Office.

Announcement by Providence health system comes weeks before trial