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MCIR Reader Pays Debt of St. Dominic Cancer Patient Sued by Collections Agency
MCIR Reader Pays Debt of St. Dominic Cancer Patient Sued by Collections Agency

A Mississippi woman had her medical debt paid off following a project published by the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting.

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Mississippi News, News, Price for Healthcare, Public HealthKatherine MitchellSt Dominic, The Painful Price for Healthcare, Debt collection, cancer, medical debt, low-wage industries, garnished wages, Linda Burks, Jackson Mississippi, breast cancer, cancer treatments, chemo, suing patients, lawsuit, debt collection
Patients Go To St. Dominic. Private Debt Collectors Go After Them.
Patients Go To St. Dominic. Private Debt Collectors Go After Them.

They had a house picked out, Cooper said, when she got a phone call about their loan.

“It broke my heart,” Cooper recalled. “Immediately my stomach fell to my feet. I started crying.”

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Mississippi News, News, Price for Healthcare, Public HealthKatherine MitchellSt Dominic, The Painful Price for Healthcare, Debt collection, medical debt, low-wage industries, Jackson Mississippi, Twana Cooper, nonprofit hospital, Smith Rouchon & Associates, Advanced Recovery Systems, lawsuit, Erin Fuse Brown, justice court, Charles Lee, Mississippi Center for Justice
Mississippi Hospitals Are Suing Patients Over Medical Debt. Here's How To Fix That.
Mississippi Hospitals Are Suing Patients Over Medical Debt. Here's How To Fix That.

An investigation by the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting found the billing and collections practices of St. Dominic’s Hospital in Jackson had devastating impacts on patients.

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Mississippi News, News, Price for Healthcare, Public HealthKatherine MitchellSt Dominic, The Painful Price for Healthcare, Debt collection, medical debt, low-wage industries, Jackson Mississippi, nonprofit hospital, Advanced Recovery Systems, lawsuit, justice court, Mississippi Center for Justice, debt collection, sue, medicaid expansion
How We Did It
How We Did It

This week, the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting published a project looking into nonprofit hospitals and medical debt lawsuits.

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Mississippi News, News, Price for Healthcare, Public HealthKatherine MitchellSt Dominic, The Painful Price for Healthcare, Debt collection, medical debt, low-wage industries, Jackson Mississippi, nonprofit hospital, Advanced Recovery Systems, lawsuit, justice court, Mississippi Center for Justice, debt collection, sue, medicaid expansion, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, Virginia, county civil court