Medical debt is crushing hospital patients in LA. Health officials may have a fix

Naman Shah uses his hands to examine the wrist area of a patient at Monrovia Health Center in Monrovia, California.

Naman Shah examines a patient at Monrovia Health Center, a Los Angeles County public health clinic in Monrovia, California. Shah says reducing medical debt in the community will depend on effective prevention strategies, just as stopping the spread of infectious disease does. Lauren Justice/KFF Health News and Tradeoffs

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LOS ANGELES — Every Tuesday, Naman Shah sees tuberculosis patients at a small public clinic in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley.

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