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Economic Activism and Progressive Living

TomSlick

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2. It's a fine point but he was jailed for contempt or failure to appear.

Reply to sandensea (Original post)

Tue Feb 11, 2020, 10:18 PM

Feb 2020

The problem is that the medical providers in Kansas require judgment debtors to appear in court periodically to explain why they cannot pay the judgment. They are putting judgment debtors to the election of missing work - which they obviously cannot afford - or go to jail and miss more work.

Either way, this needs the attention of the federal courts.

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Dad in Kansas jailed over medical debt [View all] sandensea Feb 2020 OP

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It's a fine point but he was jailed for contempt or failure to appear. TomSlick Feb 2020 #2

This is inundating and burying someone with impossible Catch 22 situations. magicarpet Feb 2020 #3

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