In a viral TikTok video shared over the weekend, Dollar For founder and CEO Jared Walker shared steps that low-income people can take to reduce their medical bills.
In his TikTok, which you can watch below, Walker said that hospitals in the United States registered as nonprofits should have a charity care policy.
According to Walker, most U.S. hospitals are nonprofit, which means that “if you make under a certain amount of money[,] the hospital will legally have to forgive your medical bills.” Medical debt has long burdened people and their families, and medical debt has continued to grow during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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