Prevalence and Characteristics of Virginia Hospitals Suing Patients and Garnishing Wages for Unpaid Medical Bills

William E. Bruhn; Lainie Rutkow; Peiqi Wang; Stephen E. Tinker; Christine Fahim; Heidi N. Overton; Martin A. Makary

doi:10.1001/jama.2019.9144

Prevalence and Characteristics of Virginia Hospitals Suing Patients and Garnishing Wages for Unpaid Medical Bills

William E. Bruhn, Lainie Rutkow, Peiqi Wang, Stephen E. Tinker, Christine Fahim, Heidi N. Overton, Martin A. Makary

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Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	691-692
Number of pages	2
Journal	JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association
Volume	322
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2019.9144
State	Published - Aug 20 2019

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