How to get charity care for hospital bills? w/ Jared Walker, Dollar For

How can you apply for and receive charity care to help cover hospital medical bills? Special guest Jared Walker of Dollar For talks about applying for hospital charity care for medical bills and medical debt. Plus experts including stage 4 cancer survivor and health care advocate Laura Packard from Health Care Voices, and Aleka Gürel from Health Sherpa answer your health care and health insurance questions. This episode includes answers to: What to do if your family needs health insurance but you missed the open enrollment window to apply Problems accessing long-term specialists out-of-state through Medicaid I’ve been on Medicaid for a few years and have heard lots of people are losing coverage right now. What should be I doing to make sure I can stay covered? What’s the difference between a broker & a navigator for health insurance? How do you find a trustworthy broker? How do you handle insurance if you have a life change like a move, or family member changes? and more. New episodes of Care Talk every Tuesday, subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Call or text your health insurance and health care questions in to [phone] to get answers in future shows!