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Case for this @BernieSanders idea is especially strong given (a) surprise billing issues (b) aggressive collection efforts by hospitals cnn.com/2019/08/31/pol…
The aggressive collection tactics and underlying debt were subjects of now-famous investigative reporting by the great @WSJ reporter Lucette Lagnado, who died just a few months ago wsj.com/articles/SB104…
Many of us wrote about similar episodes later on. One of the craziest (and most telling) stories I ever encountered was about a Catholic non-profit hospital whose lawyers took a patient to court over her unpaid bills. The patient was a former nun. chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-20…
Of course, as with any debt forgiveness proposal, there are questions/debates about how much to forgive, where the money comes from, and what it means for people who had such debts but paid them off in the past.
