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debt
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Covering medical debt? You’ll need these resources
Journalists can find a wealth of data on issues related to medical debt in a robust series of reports from…
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How they did it: Colorado journalists show power of collaboration in UCHealth debt collection exposé
Learn how journalists from five news outlets revealed that UCHealth files roughly eight debt collection lawsuits per day.
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Reporter explores impact of medical credit cards on dental debt
Dental patients in need of costly procedures may turn to medical credit cards to pay for the services. But these…
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Could loan forgiveness bring dental care to underserved patients?
Many newly-minted dentists are burdened by the high cost of a dental education. The average dental student graduates with more…
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Hospitals use algorithms to transform bad debt into charity care
Bad debt? Or charity care? Sean Hamill of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently wrote an interesting story about how hospitals increasingly…
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ProPublica writer ties health disparities to the financial beat
Covering health disparities is not a beat solely for health reporters. Take Paul Kiel: A reporter at ProPublica, Kiel’s beat covering…
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Dental credit cards raise questions, debt
Capital Public Radio’s Kelley Weiss reports that more patients are using “Dental credit cards,” lines of credit that carry high…