Interesting Global NewsEnglish · 3 days ago

USA | Doctors say they’ve unfairly taken on job of preventing patients’ medical debt

www.theguardian.com

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USA | Doctors say they’ve unfairly taken on job of preventing patients’ medical debt

www.theguardian.com

Interesting Global NewsEnglish · 3 days ago

Doctors say they’ve unfairly taken on job of preventing patients’ medical debt

www.theguardian.com

New toolkit helps doctors address patients’ financial needs – a role doctors say they feel thrust into amid worsening crisis

New toolkit helps doctors address patients’ financial needs – a role doctors say they feel thrust into amid worsening crisis

Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20250127154219/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/27/medical-debt-tool-kit-doctors

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Doctors can’t unionize. And even if they could, they’re not numerous enough to swing elections, even if you could get them all to agree, which I doubt.

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