medical debt

Marshall sued 700 of his patients for unpaid medical bills when he was an OB-GYN. In 81 cases, patients were arrested for missing court dates. One of those arrested patients, Meischa Zimmerman, appeared in a TV ad for Adam Hamilton and now is the lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit.

The burden of medical debt came into focus after a New York Times report on Kansas U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall's billing practices as an OB-GYN. The nonpartisan civic engagement group Somos Votantes stepped in and bought up $42 million of Kansans' medical debt.

President Trump used the term while campaigning in Kansas for Sen. Roger Marshall. Previously, he said he didn't know it was offensive to Jews.

NKC Health, the North Kansas City hospital that sued, said it has a responsibility to protect its bottom line in an increasingly difficult healthcare landscape. The patient ended up taking out a bank loan to pay off the debt.

Although The University of Kansas Health System and NKC Health provide free care and write off millions in charges, they have sued more than 400 people in Missouri and Kansas so far this year. Other area hospitals also don't garnish patients' wages to recoup payment.

Nonprofit hospitals are required to help those who can’t pay, but as medical costs rise and health insurance coverage shrinks, some patient advocates say hospitals need to do more. Recent reporting about Kansas Sen. Roger Marshall has raised broader questions about the ethics and methods of collecting debt.

An ad for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rev. Adam Hamilton begins with a patient who said she was arrested while eight months pregnant for missing a $50 payment to Marshall. She was one of more than 700 patients whom the Republican senator sued while a practicing physician.

A New York Times report found that Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, of Kansas, sued hundreds of his patients over medical debt when he was practicing medicine in the western part of the state.

More than 700 patients were sued by a doctor in western Kansas for medical debt. The doctor is now Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, who for decades was a practicing obstetrician-gynecologist.

Many Americans struggle with medical debt, and those expenses can cause families to give up non-essential costs like extracurricular sports. The Finish Strong Foundation helps pay sports fees so kids can finish their season.

In rural Medicine Lodge, Kansas, Sarrah and Kyle Miller were sued last month by their local medical clinic for $230 in unpaid medical expenses. Their story is part of a new pattern. Kansas hospitals have filed thousands of lawsuits against their rural patients in recent years, including many for less than $500.

There have been thousands of lawsuits by Kansas hospitals in recent years, including many lawsuits for less than $500. One lawsuit was for just $104.