Inside Memphis’ Debt MachineProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.This article was produced in partnership with MLK50, which is a member of the .MEMPHIS, Tennessee — In July 2007, Carrie Barrett went to the emergency room at Methodist University Hospital, complaining of shortness of breath and tightness in her chest. Her leg was swollen, she’d later recall, and her toes were turning black.Given her family history, high blood pressure and newly diagnosed congestive heart failure, doctors performed a heart...…Inside Memphis’ Debt MachineProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.This article was produced in partnership with MLK50, which is a member of the .MEMPHIS, Tennessee — In July 2007, Carrie Barrett went to the emergency room at Methodist University Hospital, complaining of shortness of breath and tightness in her chest. Her leg was swollen, she’d later recall, and her toes were turning black.Given her family history, high blood pressure and newly diagnosed congestive heart failure, doctors performed a heart...WW…

Inside Memphis’ Debt MachineProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.This article was produced in partnership with MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, which is a member of the ProPublica .MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Memphis’ largest health care system almost never gave patients discounts based on their income even as it pursued thousands for overdue bills in the last several years, according to released this week.Since 2014, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, a nonprofit, collected just over $169 million from more than...…Inside Memphis’ Debt MachineProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.This article was produced in partnership with MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, which is a member of the ProPublica .MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Memphis’ largest health care system almost never gave patients discounts based on their income even as it pursued thousands for overdue bills in the last several years, according to released this week.Since 2014, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, a nonprofit, collected just over $169 million from more than...WW…

Carrie Barrett had her debt to Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare canceled in 2019 following a MLK50: Justice Through Journalism-ProPublica investigation into the hospital’s collections practices.Inside Memphis’ Debt MachineProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.This article was produced in partnership with MLK50, which is a member of the .A year after erased the $33,000 Carrie Barrett owed for unpaid hospital bills, the former Kroger grocery store clerk is figuring out how to open the food truck she’s always...…Carrie Barrett had her debt to Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare canceled in 2019 following a MLK50: Justice Through Journalism-ProPublica investigation into the hospital’s collections practices.Inside Memphis’ Debt MachineProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive as soon as they’re published.This article was produced in partnership with MLK50, which is a member of the .A year after erased the $33,000 Carrie Barrett owed for unpaid hospital bills, the former Kroger grocery store clerk is figuring out how to open the food truck she’s always...WW…