Medicaid covers his healthcare. St. Dominic charged him anyway. And a collection agency sued to collect.

Matthew Daniel Hall had been treated for years at St. Dominic Memorial Hospital, but when his mother tried to get her disabled son into a home of his own, that proved impossible because his credit score had plummeted.

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MCIR Reader Pays Debt of St. Dominic Cancer Patient Sued by Collections Agency

A Mississippi woman had her medical debt paid off following a project published by the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting.

Mississippi Hospitals Are Suing Patients Over Medical Debt. Here's How To Fix That.

An investigation by the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting found the billing and collections practices of St. Dominic’s Hospital in Jackson had devastating impacts on patients.

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How We Did It

This week, the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting published a project looking into nonprofit hospitals and medical debt lawsuits.