The chapter explores the genesis of 'Your Money or Your Life, Debt Collection in American Medicine', exposing aggressive debt collection tactics in hospitals. It discusses the impact of medical debt on patients' decisions, health outcomes, and access to care, highlighting disparities across demographics and states. The conversation delves into extreme collection practices faced by individuals and the need for a comprehensive public health care system to address the medical debt crisis.
Featuring Luke Messac on Your Money or Your Life: Debt Collection in American Medicine. An estimated 100 million people in the US are in debt because they sought medical treatment. Medical debt exacerbates poor and working-class people's physical and psychological suffering while undermining their financial well-being and freedom.
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