GOP Sen. Roger Marshall Sued More Than 700 Patients Over Medical Bills
The lawsuits continued after he entered Congress, and court records show patients owed as little as $101 while facing 18% interest and arrest warrants.
- Sen. Roger Marshall sued more than 700 patients for unpaid medical bills during his career as an obstetrician-gynecologist, resulting in at least 81 arrests for missed court appearances, according to The New York Times analysis of Kansas court records.
- Operating his Great Bend practice for over two decades, Marshall routinely charged 18 percent interest on outstanding balances and garnished patient wages to recover debts as small as $101.
- Court records reveal Marshall's firm requested arrest warrants for patients who missed court dates, including one pregnant woman arrested three times over a $3,600 C-section bill that nearly doubled to $7,000 due to interest.
- Marshall's spokesperson, Payton Fuller, defended the billing practices as "not unusual," stating that "judges issue warrants when people repeatedly miss court dates, not doctors." Court records, however, showed Marshall's lawyers specifically requested arrest warrants dozens of times.
- These revelations emerge as the Kansas Republican faces a tight reelection race against Democratic challenger Adam Hamilton, a pastor, complicating Marshall's campaign narrative as a compassionate physician dedicated to rural health care.
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Kansas Senator’s Medical Practice Sued 700 Patients, With 81 Arrested
Great Bend, Kansas — U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., sued more than 700 patients for unpaid medical bills during his decades as an obstetrician-gynecologist, according to a New York Times review of Kansas court records. The Times found that patients were arrested in 81 cases after missing court appearances, while Marshall’s attorneys sought warrants in 13 additional lawsuits. His practice also garnished wages and bank accounts and routinely ch…
GOP Senator Sued 700+ Patients Over Medical Debt
The New York Times reports: It was Easter weekend in 2007 when a police car pulled up to Joe Vasquez’s home in rural Kansas. A doctor had filed a lawsuit against him and his wife over an unpaid $4,561 bill from her emergency hysterectomy three years earlier. They had missed a court date, and the … The post GOP Senator Sued 700+ Patients Over Medical Debt appeared first on Joe.My.God..
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