Americans owe at least $220 billion in medical debt, and one in seven non-elderly adults live in families with past-due medical debt. This widespread indebtedness creates barriers to access, erodes patient-clinician relationships, and drives distrust and inequity.
This convening will bring together representatives from hospitals, health systems and advocacy organizations, researchers, policy experts, and others who have been working to find and implement solutions to the problem of medical debt.
Meeting ID: 872 5717 6297 Passcode: 117767
AGENDA
- 1:00-1:20pm ET – Introductions and Welcome
- 1:20-1:35pm ET – Overview on Policy Environment (Eva Stahl, Undue Medical Debt)
- 1:35-2:40pm ET – Small Group Session I
- 2:40-3:00pm ET – Break
- 3:00-3:15pm ET – Overview of the Media Landscape (Noam Levey, KFF Health News)
- 3:15-4:00pm ET – Small Group Session II
- 4:00-4:50pm ET – Opportunities for Collaboration
- 4:50-5:00pm ET – Concluding Remarks
MEDICAL DEBT RESOURCES
- Websites
- Dollar For
- National Consumer Law Center – Medical Debt Resource Library
- The Commonwealth Fund
- Undue Medical Debt
- Articles
- The Affordability Accelerator: A Road Map to Improve Patient Out-of-Pocket Costs and Trustworthiness in Health Care (NEJM Catalyst)
- The Inconvenient Truth About Medical Debt Relief (Forbes)
- Mind the Gap: Connecting Community Benefit and Patient Billing (Healthcare Anchor Network and Undue Medical Debt Cohort)
- Videos
- Medical Debt Playlist (ABIM Foundation)
