The video outlines the basics of applying for hospital charity care, which he says he uses to “crush” medical bills. ![]() “This is going to sound weird, but what that means is if you make under a certain amount of money the hospital legally has to forgive your medical bills.” “Most hospitals in America are nonprofits, which means they have to have financial assistance or charity care policies,” he says in the video. In the 60-second video, Walker outlines the basics of applying for hospital financial assistance, in response to a prompt that asks TikTokers to share “something you’ve learned that feels illegal to know.” Walker earned the public’s attention early this year through a viral TikTok he made on a lark, late one night. He founded Dollar For, an organization that directly helps people use hospital financial assistance policies to overcome unaffordable medical bills. Jared Walker is helping get the word out. But many people who qualify for financial assistance - or “charity care,” as it is sometimes known - never apply. Across the U.S., more than half of hospitals are nonprofit - and in some states all or nearly all hospitals are nonprofit. The Affordable Care Act, the health law also known as Obamacare, requires nonprofit hospitals to make financial assistance available to low-income patients and post those policies online.
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