Patients don’t know how to navigate the US health system — and it’s costing them
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This nonprofit health system cuts off US patients with medical debt
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Nursing homes are suing friends and family to collect on patients' bills
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A California church raised money to pay off the medical debts of 5,555 struggling Los Angeles–area residents, wiping out more than $5 million in bills.
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University of Virginia health system sues thousands of patients, seizing paychecks and putting liens on homes
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'I lost everything': The obscene cost of being a woman with a chronic health problem
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A year after spinal surgery, a $94,000 bill feels like a backbreaker
6 votes