Medical debt is reaching crisis proportions in Connecticut and in the rest of the country. The Health Disparities Institute (HDI) prepared the Issue Brief entitled, "When Hospitals and Doctors Sue Their Patients: The Medical Debt Crisis Through a New Lens", to shed light on the magnitude of the problem and its far reaching consequences for patients and their families. Providers and hospitals also face difficult dilemmas. Our purpose is to promote greater awareness of the problem, encourage multilateral dialogue, but above all to stimulate a search for system-wide solutions.
To view the brief:https://health.uconn.edu/health-disparities/wp-content/uploads/sites/53/2019/06/HDI-Issue-Brief_When-Hospitals-and-Doctors-Sue-Their-Patients.pdf
To view all HDI's policy briefs:https://health.uconn.edu/health-disparities/policy/
For more information, contact: Victor G. Villagra, MD, FACP at victorg.villagra@gmail.com