A Tennessee Hospital Sues Its Own Employees When They Can’t Pay Their Medical Bills

An employee at a Methodist University Hospital is being sued by her employer for unpaid medical bills incurred before they hired her.

A nonprofit hospital network in Memphis takes its own workers to court for unpaid medical bills. Some of them earn as little as $12.25/hour, but still see their wages garnished by their employer.

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