Medical Debt After Hospitalization: The Financial Fallout

Health Affairs ' Rob Lott interviews John Scott of the University of Washington about his recent paper exploring findings on the financial fallout from traumatic injurie s, highlighting persistent medical debt burdens and the policy gaps that leave many patients unprotected. Order the February 2026 issue of Health Affairs . Currently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available - and we'd like to keep it that way. With your support , we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront and podcast for everyone.

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Medical Debt After Hospitalization: The Financial Fallout is an episode from A Health Podyssey by Health Affairs.

This episode is 19:10 long.

This episode was published on Feb 10, 2026.

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