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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.
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.
Purple flags are lining the streets of Billtown in support of Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
Joanne Vatalaro Smith was born in Rumford on the first of October 1942. Her father was PFC Anthony Vito Vatalaro, her mother was Theresa McPhee Vatalaro. Her one brother is Stephen Vatalaro, who lives in Georgia. She was the mother of four fine...