Alleviating Medical Debt in the United States.

N Engl J Med

From the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital (N.U.), and Harvard Medical School (N.U., S.W., D.U.H.), Boston, and Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge (S.W., D.U.H.) - all in Massachusetts; and City University of New York at Hunter College, New York (S.W., D.U.H.).

Published: September 2023

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