Advocates, lawmakers push hospitals to help more with bills
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.
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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.
Thousands of people in Hampton Roads have medical bills and concerns about how to pay them. There are programs that you may not be aware of that could help you pay your medical bills.
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