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Stopping Medical Debt Before It Starts
Kentucky recently spent $2.5 million to erase more than $100 million in medical debt for 46,000 people. For every family receiving a letter saying an old balance is gone, that relief is real. But canceling a bill is not the same as repairing the conditions that created it.
In this episode, Dr. Robin Blackstone examines what medical-debt cancellation changes, what two large randomized studies found—and what they did not. She looks at credit reporting, uneven access to relief, Medicaid coverage, hospital financial assistance, fair billing, and why preventing debt may accomplish more than…
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