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Medical Debt Is Crushing Hospital Patients in Los Angeles. Health Officials May Have a Fix.
The association will procure a digital screening system as L.A. Care commits $2 million, and officials say it could prevent several hundred million dollars in debt each year.
In Los Angeles County, the nation’s most populous, a new system could screen hospital patients for financial aid, preventing hundreds of thousands from getting bills they can’t pay.