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Jared Walker, who runs a nonprofit that helps people pay medical bills, posted a explaining the recipe to “crush” hospital bills via charity care policies.

“What that means is that if you make under a certain amount of money, the hospital legally has to forgive your medical bills,” Walker said in the video.

The video has been viewed more than 10 million times. Walker’s organization, , had already helped wipe out millions in medical bills before he posted that video.

Internal Revenue Service filings from thousands of nonprofit hospitals show they sent $2.7 billion in bills over a year to patients who probably qualified for free or discounted care.

That number is more likely a floor than a ceiling, experts said.

The strategy Walker espouses won’t work for all bills, but it could help address some of those billions — and is a good place to start.

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