Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons

Uninsured Patients Drown In Medical Bills From Private Doctors


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Earlier this year, Congress passed the No Surprise Act, that looked to cap big bills from private medical companies and independent physicians. Yet, uninsured patients are still being blind-sided in tens of thousands of dollars in bills.


Reset examines the inaccessible healthcare here in Chicago.


Guests: Kristen Schorsch, WBEZ’s public health and politics reporter

Carrie Chapman, senior director of policy and advocacy at the Legal Council for Health Justice in Chicago, Edith Avila Olea, policy manager with the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights

Producer: Isabelle Earl, Andrew Meriwether

Host: Sasha-Ann Simons

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