Across Washington state, hospital staff are reporting that children in need of psychiatric care are being kept in pediatric emergency rooms for days or weeks because there is nowhere else for them to go. This situation is referred to as “boarding,” where a person living in a h...
Studies had shown significant mental health and financial improvements for other types of debt relief, such as paying off student loans or mortgages. But those debts have more urgency: Homeowners who do not pay their mortgages could quickly lose their homes, whereas a hospital bill...