It’s estimated that 800,000 Ohioans or more have medial debt they struggle to pay. The Health Policy Institute of Ohio said last week that’s about 1 in 7 Ohioans who have a credit report.
Signal Statewide recently reported on a dramatic increase in lawsuits against patients from Mary Rutan Hospital in Bellefontaine, a small town northwest of Columbus. Many of those patients lacked basic legal representation.
Each medical debt case is different. But legal experts shared some general advice about what people can do if they have mounting medical debt or are sued by a hospital or health care institution. And we compiled some resources on dealing with medical debt.
Avoiding medical debt
One way to reduce what you owe is…