North Carolina
1 National Academy of State Health Policy (NASHP) and North Carolina State Health Plan, “N.C. Nonprofit Hospitals Bill the Poor,” January 26, 2022, https://www.shpnc.org/media/2692/download?attachment
2 PatientRightsAdvocate.org, “Semi-Annual Hospital Price Transparency Compliance Report,” February 2022, https://www.patientrightsadvocate.org/semi-annual-compliance-report-2022
3 National Academy of State Health Policy (NASHP) and North Carolina State Health Plan, “N.C. Nonprofit Hospitals Bill the Poor,” January 26, 2022, pg. 2, https://www.shpnc.org/media/2692/download?attachment
4 The News & Observer, “NC nonprofit hospitals are supposed to provide charity care, but bill poor patients,” January 26, 2022, https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article257730803.html
5 The Center Square, “Report: North Carolina nonprofit hospitals billed charity care patients millions, despite tax breaks,” January 26, 2022, https://www.thecentersquare.com/north_carolina/report-north-carolina-nonprofit-hospitals-billed-charity-care-patients-millions-despite-tax-breaks/article_5be0877c-7ef3-11ec-b63a-0b72b94674d7.html
6 PatientRightsAdvocate.org, “Semi-Annual Hospital Price Transparency Compliance Report”, February 2022, pgs. 36-37, https://www.patientrightsadvocate.org/semi-annual-compliance-report-2022
7 Spectrum News, “Report: More than 20% of people living in North Carolina have medical debt,” June 3, 2021, https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2021/06/03/many-north-carolinians-are-facing-medical-debt
8 Urban Institute, “Debt in America: An Interactive Map,” March 31, 2021, https://apps.urban.org/features/debt-interactive-map/?type=overall&variable=pct_debt_collections
9 National Academy of State Health Policy (NASHP) and North Carolina State Health Plan, “N.C. Nonprofit Hospitals Bill the Poor,” January 26, 2022, pg. 3, https://www.shpnc.org/media/2692/download?attachment
10 National Academy of State Health Policy (NASHP) and North Carolina State Health Plan, “N.C. Nonprofit Hospitals Bill the Poor,” January 26, 2022, pg. 7, https://www.shpnc.org/media/2692/download?attachment
All data as of April 2022.