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By Noam N. Levey and Aneri Pattani
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Robin Milcowitz, a Florida woman who found herself enrolled in an AccessOne loan at a Tampa hospital in 2018 after having a hysterectomy for ovarian cancer, said she was appalled by the financing arrangements.“Hospitals have found yet another way to monetize our illnesses and our need for medical help,” said Milcowitz, a graphic designer.
She was charged 11.5% interest — almost three times what she paid for a separate bank loan. “It’s immoral,” she said.
MORE: https://khn.org/news/article/medical-debt-hospitals-dallas-fort-worth/
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