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Crushing Medical Debt

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Published: January 19, 2020 by RHJ Producer

Nearly a quarter of us owe past due medical debt, and hospitals are moving more aggressively to collect. The rise is the result of a tradeoff—Americans have avoided higher health insurance premiums only to be jeopardized by extremely high deductibles and out-of-network costs.

Experts explain what unpaid medical debt can mean, how patients can escape its clutches, and how one charity works to buy and forgive debt.

Check out our recent segment examining “medicare for all”.


Guest Information:

  • Robert Goff, founding Director, RIP Medical Debt, and co-author, The Patient, The Doctor, and the Bill Collector: A Medical Debt Survival Guide
  • Sara Collins, Vice President for Health Coverage and Access, Commonwealth Fund
Program #: 20-03Segment Type: Feature StoriesTopics: Consumerism| Consumerism and Consumer Safety/Protection| Economics and Finance| Health Care| Health Cost| Hospitals| Insurance| Philanthropy and Nonprofit Organizations| Prevention| Public Health and Public SafetyGuests: Robert Goff| Sara CollinsPublications: The Patient the Doctor and the Bill Collector: A Medical Debt Survival GuideInstitutions & Organizations: Commonwealth FundProducers: Jason Dickey
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