Maryland Advocates Call for Health Care Reform

The Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition is calling on the legislature to reform health care so that low income patients receive the care they deserve. As MCRC points out, too many Marylanders are being sent to debt collection over hospital bills — even when they qualify for free care.

Here’s more from an MCRC email:

Our healthcare system in Maryland needs a dramatic overhaul. Despite the fact that Maryland’s nonprofit hospitals are paid by the state to provide free medical care to low-income patients, a recent Health Service…