Hidden Help: What Happened When Oregon Forced Hospitals to Boost Financial Aid?

In the second episode of our special series on medical debt, we explore lessons from Oregon’s aggressive legislation to push hospitals to prevent patients from falling into medical debt.

Guests:

Sara R. Collins, Senior Scholar, Commonwealth Fund

Lawrence J. Furnstahl, Former Chief Financial Officer, Oregon Health & Science University

Sean Kolmer, Executive Vice President, External Affairs, Hospital Association of Oregon

Rob Nosse, Oregon House of Representatives

​Lisa Reynolds, Oregon Senate

Adam Zarrin, Director, State Government Affairs; Blood Cancer United

This episode was reported by Melanie Evans, edited by Dan Gorenstein and Ryan Levi and mixed by Andrew Parrella.

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