Kansas Republican Senator Roger Marshall filed debt-collection lawsuits against more than 700 former patients during his career as an obstetrician-gynecologist, leading to the arrest of 81 people for missed court appearances, according to a new report.
Marshall, who is running for reelection this fall, practiced medicine for more than 25 years before winning a seat in Congress in 2016. According to a New York Times analysis of Kansas court records, the collection actions occurred in cases brought under Marshall’s name or through Heartland Regional OBGYN, a practice he owned or co-owned from 1998 to 2019. The collection efforts included bank account garnishments, wage garnishments and an 18 percent annual interest rate written into patient contracts.
