From Stacey Abram’s political action committee, Fair Fight, to radom compassionate anonymous donors, medical debt is sometimes chipped away.
These acts of kindness are welcome, but unecessary. Non-profit hospitals are failing in their obligations to provide charity care that does not place debt on patients that would make them indigent.
In Chesterfield County, Virginia it took a television investigative news team, The Problem Solvers, from 6 News, Richmond, to pay off a $6,000 debt owe by a family unable to pay the bill.
Not to sound cyncial, but it’s a corporate act of human kindness that’s good for Nieslsen ratings.
We can’t NOT applaud the effort, but once again, it’s the hospital that should be paying according to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services guidelines and federal tax law.
Problem Solvers help Chesterfield family clear nearly $6,000 in medical debt
When David Butler learned that his family’s medical debt is being paid, his eyes filled with tears.
CBS6 first shared the story of the Butler family in October when they reached an impasse with a medical provider tied to Karen Butler’s 18th abdominal surgery.
It’s time to hold hospitals accountable.
Join us in taking action to hold non-profit hospitals accountable for their legal obligation to provide charity care at least equal to their tax exemption.