US medical debt financing groups vie to be ‘solution’ to struggling rural hospitals

Companies claim they can help hospitals seeking to get paid by subprime patients' amid Republican health cuts

Medical debt financing and patient access" companies are pitching their services to struggling rural hospitals nervous about keeping the doors open, as congressional Republicans consider healthcare cuts that could leave 16 million Americans without insurance.

These companies, who act as middlemen between hospitals and patients, told the Guardian they could be a solution for cash-poor hospitals seeking to get paid by subprime patients" - especially the low-income, uninsured and unbanked.