Hidden Help: A New Push for Hospitals to Prevent Medical Debt

About this episode

Hospitals can automatically wipe out the cost of care for low-income patients. A Tradeoffs analysis finds that hospitals in Texas could be doing more to protect people from unaffordable bills. See the full series at tradeoffs.org/hiddenhelp. Guests: • Erin Fuse Brown, professor of health services, policy and practice, director of the health policy and law lab, Brown University • Aimee Carlock, Grapevine, Texas, resident, patient • Jill Horwitz, Trobman Innovation professor of law, • professor of emergency medicine, Northwestern University • Neale Mahoney, professor of economics, Trione Director of Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford University • Dr. Tom Oliverson, Texas Representative • Anna Stelter, vice president of policy, Texas Hospital Association • Rebecca Wahl, Houston resident, patient Learn more: Read the full reporting and explore additional resources on our website. Want more Tradeoffs? Join more than 5,500 readers who trust Tradeoffs for clear, deeply reported health policy insights. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter. Tradeoffs helps you cut through the noise with clear, deeply reported journalism on the forces driving health care'