AHA letter to editor: Hospitals do more to support those in need

A recent Washington Post article on medical debt “missed a major reason that medical debt has increased in our country: the rise of high-deductible and skinny insurance plans that result in larger out-of-pocket expenses for consumers,” writes AHA President and CEO Rick Pollack in a letter to the editor published yesterday, noting that hospitals do more than any other part of the health care field to support patients and communities in need.
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