We have 2 major problems here:
-#Hospitals hammering #patients for money (likely people who have trouble paying anyway)
-Hospitals feeling that they need to do this in the first place due to financial pressures
"Hospitals use lawsuits to collect on unpaid medical bills in North Carolina : Shots - Health News"
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Obvious solution: #SinglePayer healthcare. Hospitals need a single, streamlined, heavily-regulated, dependable means of being paid. This system would also have income-based premiums which would solve the unaffordability crisis for patients. Single payer also allows for a single point of price negotiation that can help control overall #Healthcare costs. 2/2