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County in rural Kansas is jailing people over unpaid medical debt

FEBRUARY 12, 2020 | CBS EVENING NEWS

Includes “… That law was put in place at Hassenplug's own recommendation to the local judge. The attorney uses that law by asking the court to direct people with unpaid medical bills to appear in court every three months and state they are too poor to pay in what is called a ‘debtors exam.’ …”

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