Some hospitals check for financial aid eligibility for billing. Seems like a great idea to this bankruptcy scholar. Good reporting here, with nice insights from Erin Fuse Brown tradeoffs.org/2026/10/01/h...
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Hidden Help: A New Push for Hospitals to Prevent Medical Debt
Hospitals can automatically wipe out the cost of care for low-income patients. A Tradeoffs analysis finds that hospitals in Texas could be doing more to protect people from unaffordable bills.