Prog Blog Calls Out Two Kansas City Metro Hospitals On Medical Debt Garnishment

In our more optimistic moments we consider . . .

Most people who don't support UNIVERSAL BASIC HEALTHCARE FOR AMERICANS are doomed to live in the past and probably don't know that U.S. taxpayers ALREADY subsidize as much for many allies. 

Meanwhile . . .

Here's one more fun fact pushing more voters toward an obvious conclusion or some kind of weird false allegiance to high insurance premiums . . . Check-it:  

In Kansas City, hundreds of people are ending up in court over unpaid medical bills each year, and the issue is getting worse. 

But the bulk of the lawsuits are coming from only a couple of hospitals.

In a survey of the area’s acute care hospitals . . . The University of Kansas Health System and NKC Health have brought more than 400 lawsuits against patients in debt in Missouri and Kansas so far this year.

Of the hospitals looked at, the two institutions are also alone in garnishing patients’ wages to recoup payment. And NKC Health seems to be the only one that places liens on patients’ property to get payment, although the hospital said the practice is rare.

Other area hospitals don’t use those same tactics.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Just 2 KC-area hospitals garnish patients' wages for unpaid bills. They also file bulk of lawsuits

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