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Fact Check: Yes, patients in America are going to jail for unpaid medical bills.

Fact Check: Yes, patients in America are going to jail for unpaid medical bills.

Feb 20, 2020 | News, State Issues

Unbelievable as it sounds: Patients in the United States are going to jail because of unpaid medical bills. Last fall, the independent non-profit news outlet ProPublica published an explosive investigation by Lizzie Presser, which uncovered how patients in Kansas were...
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Fact Check: Yes, patients in America are going to jail for unpaid medical bills.

Hospitals suing to stop honest health care pricing

Jan 27, 2020 | Federal Issues, Issues, News

An effort by the Trump administration to help patients battling sky-high surprise medical bills is earning high praise from patients, consumer advocates and even former health care advisers to President Obama. Under a Department of Health and Human Services rule...
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