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I'm a Former Surgeon General and I Couldn't Believe My $10k Medical Bill
Everyone must be able to access necessary care without fear of financial ruin
Lastly, the absence of objective arbitration in billing disputes often compels patients to acquiesce to whatever the healthcare system demands, lest they incur medical debt and endure life-altering credit score repercussions. In my case, the health system wielded unchecked authority as judge, jury, and executioner — determining charges, adjudging their fairness, and unilaterally deciding whether I would be referred to collections if I didn’t pay, with attendant risks of elevated interest rates or credit denial. Editor’s Note:It’s been four years since ScheerPost was born, maturing into an award-winning top news source on the most important issues of our time at a moment when the once vaunted model of responsible journalism is overwhelmingly the play thing of self-serving billionaires and their corporate scribes.
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