Hundreds of Hospitals Sue Patients or Threaten Their Credit. Does Yours?
Despite growing evidence of the harm caused by medical debt, hundreds of U.S. hospitals maintain policies to aggressively pursue patients for unpaid bills.
Read MorePosted by Fierce Contributor | Dec 28, 2022
Despite growing evidence of the harm caused by medical debt, hundreds of U.S. hospitals maintain policies to aggressively pursue patients for unpaid bills.
Read MorePosted by Fierce Contributor | Dec 28, 2022
For three former gang members, their battle scars and faded tattoos recall the past. Because of those experiences on the front lines, some people trust these women more than they do the police. The women fill in the gaps for a community fighting economic inequality, homelessness, health disparities, and gun violence.
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During a 1965 speech in Montgomery, Alabama, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “The Civil...
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The U.S. is seeing signs that the COVID-19 pandemic has opened up new vulnerabilities to diseases long in retreat such as polio, which is highly contagious and potentially deadly.
Read MorePosted by Fierce Contributor | Dec 2, 2022
STDs infect 1 in 5 Americans daily, but public health workers can’t keep up with testing. Should at-home test kits fill in the gap?
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