Wait, that was legal until now?!?
Hospitals in Maryland were suing patients over bills that should’ve been forgiven.
It wasn’t illegal. Until now. How a coalition changed that. This year.
Plus, our friends at Dollar For build their bill-crushing army, one Zoom training at a time.
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