Resources
Medical Debt Toolkit: My unpaid medical bill was sent to collection
If you don’t pay your medical bill, the provider can sue you for payment or sell your debt to a collection company. If you fail to pay your bills, it can also hurt your credit score. However, some states have laws that prohibit health care providers from using certain collection practices against patients to collect unpaid medical bills.
View this resourcePower to Change: Practical Messaging Guidance for Health Justice Advocates
This messaging guide translates in-depth audience research into practical, usable guidance for advocates, communicators, and organizers working across health justice issues — from maternal health and Medicaid to medical debt and immigrant health.
View this resourceNon-Profit Hospitals and the Medical Debt Crisis in America
Many non-profit hospitals aren’t living up to their promise to community – and it’s having significant impacts on the health and financial security of people. With 4 in 10 adults experiencing health care debt in America, and the majority of individuals who are in debt to hospitals having insurance, it’s clear the problem is widespread and deserves federal action.
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Unlocking Influence: A Messaging Guide for Persuading & Activating Decision Makers
About the Messaging Guide The messaging guide is an annotated, practice-forward guide summarizes the research’s core messaging strategies, including building trust, acknowledging complexity, calming concerns, nurturing compassion, and activating hope….
Oral Health Policy Equity Tool
Overview Our oral health advocacy work is focused on creating a more equitable dental delivery system and supporting oral health policies that are grounded in principles of health equity and…
Improving Access to Dental Care: Beyond Reimbursement Rates
The relationship between reimbursement rates and access to care with several additional policy solutions that center equity and community voice.
Guide to Oral Health Data Sources
This resource provides information on oral health data and sources that advocates can use to describe access to care barriers, oral health problems, and disparities, and to make the case…
Power to Change: Practical Messaging Guidance for Health Justice Advocates
What This Resource Is This guide is a practice forward messaging tool, grounded in original qualitative and quantitative research with moderate and conservative voters across 12 states. It focuses on how people feel about…
How Consolidation Is Reshaping Access to Maternal & Reproductive Health
Video Series: Market Power, Cost, and Access This video series is a resource for understanding how changes in health care markets affect cost, quality, and access to care — and…
Medical Bills: Everything You Need to Know About Your Rights
This guide is meant to help you navigate medical bills and other common charges in health care settings — like when you need emergency care, are scheduling care at a…
Guide 1: I Have Health Insurance and Need Emergency Care
What if I need emergency transportation? In an emergency, you may find yourself transported to a hospital in either: When you call 911, an emergency dispatcher will send the closest…
Guide 2: I Have Health Insurance and Need to Schedule Hospital Care
How do I lower my out-of-pocket costs? Get your care from in-network providers You will pay less out-of-pocket if you choose a doctor and hospital that are part of your…
Guide 3: I Am Uninsured and Need Medical Care
For help applying for hospital financial assistance, contact Dollar For. What if I need emergency room care? Emergency care can be expensive, but your health is the priority. Can I…