Human Rights Watch decried the U.S. government for lacking regulations to protect the public from racking up debt for hospital care.
The report cited a Kaiser Family Foundation survey that found 41% of adults had outstanding medical or dental debt. The survey also found that about 1 in 4 adults were past due on some type of medical debt. The group says that there is little oversight and inadequate regulation on these hospitals, which it claims operate like for-profit corporations.
The report recommends creating a universal health care system akin to those in many other high-income countries.
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