Recent News Clips
Thousands visiting an Olathe hospital were sued for medical debt. Dozens went to jail | The Kansas Leadership Center Journal
Community Catalyst Business Development Manager Mark Rukavina is quoted in a Kansas Leadership Center Journal article on one medical center's highly aggressive actions to collect on medical debts, including widespread use of lawsuits against consumers.
Ghost Bill: UVA Siphons Couple’s Tax Refund To Pay 20-Year-Old Medical Debt | Kaiser Health News
Community Catalyst Business Development Manager Mark Rukavina is quoted in a Kaiser Health News story about how the Univ. of Virginia and other state institutions attach two-decade old medical debt, by reducing state tax refunds due.
We Can't Shut Our Eyes | Get Konnected Magazine
The April 10 blog post, "We Can’t Shut Our Eyes – Black People Are Being Infected and Dying From the Coronavirus at Alarming Rates," by Dara S. Taylor, Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, was reprinted in Get Konnected Magazine's May 2020 edition.
Column: Sick of religious limits on care, a hospital seeks to end partnership with Catholic system | Los Angeles Times
Women's Health Program Director Lois Uttley is quoted in this column reporting on a lawsuit filed by a Presbyterian-affiliated hospital seeking to extricate itself from a 2012 merger with a Catholic health system.
Medicaid Can Help as America Faces the Coronavirus Crisis — Let It | The Hill
Community Catalyst Executive Director Emily Stewart and Strategic Advisor Cindy Mann co-authored this post published in The Hill blog that urges the federal government to increase Medicaid's capacity to help during the pandemic.