Patient Protesters Shed Light on Medical Debt's Vicious Cycle

Joelle Craft says she didn't know she qualified for charity care until after she filed for bankruptcy. SB
Joelle Craft was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis when she was 16. Now 37 and a mother of three, Craft has to get an MRI every year in order to get treated by a neurologist.MRI's run from $8,000 to more than $50,000, and Craft doesn't work (she's on disability, but she has health insurance through her husband's employer). The piling up of bills and the constant calls from debt collectors ad