Hospitals have ways to help medical debt
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.
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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.
What if a law passed but no one enforced it? That's essentially what has happened with one small but helpful rule about hospitals and financial assistance for medical bills.
Swamped with medical bills? The hospital that treated you may be able to help. But whether you learn about this before those bills wind up in debt collections is another
Swamped with medical bills? The hospital that treated you may be able to help.
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.