Nebraska doctor lets patients pay for surgery by volunteering
(CBS NEWS) With around 43 million Americans under 65 past-due on medical bills and yearly U.S. medical debt totaling $88 billion, one surgeon in Nebraska is offering to eliminate debt for his patients. As long as they agree to pay it forward.
Surgeon Demetrio Aguila saw a recurring problem at his clinic Healing Hands of Nebraska: patients who couldn’t afford surgery. So, six months ago, the nerve specialist started a program that offers patients the option to pay for surgery by volunteering for local humanitarian groups.
“We can’t ignore the people in our own backyard,” he told CBS News correspondent Meg Oliver. “We want to be able to offer hope to patients who have lost hope medically.”
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