罗杰·马歇尔前妇产科诊所被指起诉700余名患者，81人因医疗账单被捕
2026年9月20日 美国东部时间7:00 / 福克斯新闻
作者：亚历克斯·米勒
共和党议员抨击《纽约时报》报道其前医疗执业行为：“左翼媒体的抹黑报道”
堪萨斯州联邦参议员罗杰·马歇尔（共和党籍）驳斥《纽约时报》的一篇报道，该报道称他曾起诉700余名患者，其中数十人被捕。马歇尔辩称，这是由参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党参议员查克·舒默策划的“抹黑行动”。
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一位正在竞争连任的共和党参议员在深红州堪萨斯州选情胶着，他声称一篇详细披露其前患者面临数百起诉讼的爆炸性报道，是民主党高层策划的政治“抹黑行动”。
堪萨斯州联邦参议员罗杰·马歇尔（共和党籍）告诉福克斯新闻数字频道，《纽约时报》的一篇报道详细披露了他前妇产科诊所的患者因拖欠医疗账单面临数百起诉讼，其中一些案件最终导致患者被捕，这是由参议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党参议员查克·舒默策划的政治攻击。
“我认为堪萨斯人看到这类报道，就会意识到这和《国家询问报》的报道如出一辙，这完全是左翼媒体的抹黑报道，是由查克·舒默出资炮制的文章，”马歇尔在达拉斯举行的共和党全国委员会中期选举大会上接受采访时表示。
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堪萨斯州联邦参议员罗杰·马歇尔（共和党籍）希望将唐纳德·特朗普总统将信用卡利率上限设定一年的意愿写入法律。（安德鲁·哈尼克/盖蒂图片社）
马歇尔是大 Bend 地区医院的创始合伙人之一，2016年首次当选国会议员前，他拥有自己的名为“Heartland Regional OB-GYN”的妇产科诊所。
报道称，在此期间乃至他就职后，马歇尔和他的律师曾对700多名拖欠医疗账单的患者提起诉讼，并向患者收取18%的年利率。
《纽约时报》报道称，其中81名患者因未出庭被捕，该媒体采访了部分被捕患者。
“我绝不希望任何人因为欠我或医院的钱而被捕，”马歇尔说。“但我们有标准的政策。一旦案件进入催收流程，我就再也没有参与过——我与该流程毫无关系。这些都是专业公司在负责催收工作。”
马歇尔指出，作为该地区少数接受医疗补助计划的医生之一，他的许多患者会从其他城市赶来就诊。
他表示，通常情况下，催收机构会在九到十二个月后才介入，而当这一选项被启用时，他们会使用“该地区大多数其他医生和医院都在用的同一家催收机构。这些都是标准操作流程。”
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“我对办公室经理的黄金法则是，听着，如果一个人每月能付5美元，那就没问题，”马歇尔说。“只要他们保持沟通、做出努力，如果他们错过了一次付款，只要和我们沟通就行。”
“因此，只有极小极小一部分未付账单会进入催收流程，”他继续说道。“但一旦案件脱离我们办公室的掌控，我们就与后续的任何决定无关了。”
这篇报道发布之际，马歇尔正在竞选参议院连任。他的对手是民主党候选人、大型教会牧师亚当·汉密尔顿，后者领导着美国最大的联合卫理公会会众。
汉密尔顿竞选团队的发言人泰森·布罗迪告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“罗杰·马歇尔自己的律师表示，罗杰·马歇尔明确要求设定18%的利率，比堪萨斯州法定利率高出50%。”
“罗杰·马歇尔自己的律师表示，罗杰·马歇尔允许他们申请逮捕令、逮捕和扣押孕妇的工资，”布罗迪说。“一名女性表示，她曾请求制定还款计划，但被要求全额付款，另一名女性则称她在还款困难时被捕。”
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“马歇尔参议员应该解释一下，他为什么要起诉一名声称他因自己的失误而向其收费的女性，以及他为什么要将患者仅因115美元的欠款送入监狱，”他继续说道。
尽管堪萨斯州被看好继续由共和党掌控，但副总统JD·万斯——本选举周期特朗普政府在竞选活动中最得力的 surrogates 之一——上周为马歇尔助选。万斯称赞马歇尔是唐纳德·特朗普总统的重要盟友，并在实施特朗普的议程中发挥了关键作用，但他的演讲被一名提及《纽约时报》报道的抗议者打断。
“现在，这家伙，这家伙，我告诉你们，女士们、先生们，事情是这样的：他决定进来，对我非常亲爱的朋友马歇尔医生撒谎，因为现实是，马歇尔医生在参议院的每一天都在为普通美国人挺身而出，”万斯说。
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但在万斯的活动之前，在达拉斯时，马歇尔坚称其办公室的操作符合规范，并质疑《纽约时报》对事件的描述。
“听着，我甚至都懒得给《纽约时报》面子去读他们的文章。但我只是认为，相比他们在报道中描述的情况，我更信任我们的法官，”马歇尔说。“我们的法官不会做他们在那篇文章中描述的事情。背后肯定另有隐情。”
“所以这让我非常惊讶。在这里，我是方圆6万人口区域内唯一一位每晚待命的妇产科医生，”他继续说道。“近30年来，我几乎从未休过一晚假。我们为如此多的人提供了前期护理，还有那么多账单我们直接予以豁免。所以我只是认为，这完全歪曲了整个流程。”
亚历克斯·米勒是福克斯新闻数字频道记者，负责报道美国参议院事务。
GOP senator alleges Schumer behind ‘hit job’ report on former patients
Sen Roger Marshall’s former OB-GYN practice allegedly sued over 700 patients and had 81 arrested over medical bills
September 20, 2026 7:00am EDT / Fox News
By Alex Miller
GOP senator unloads on NYT after report scrutinizes his former medical practice: ‘Hit job by left media’
Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., pushed back against a New York Times report that alleged he sued over 700 patients, with dozens getting arrested. Marshall argued it was a “hit job” pushed by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
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A Republican senator running in a tightening race in ruby-red Kansas argued that an explosive report detailing allegations of hundreds of lawsuits against his former patients was a political “hit job” planted by top Democrats.
Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., told Fox News Digital that a report from The New York Times that detailed hundreds of lawsuits against patients of his former OB-GYN practice over missed medical bills, some of which ended in arrests, was a political attack planted by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
“I think that Kansans look at a story like this and realize it’s from something like the National Enquirer, that this is totally a hit job by left media, an article paid for by Chuck Schumer,” Marshall said during an interview at the Republican National Committee midterm convention in Dallas.
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Marshall was one of the founding partners of the Great Bend Regional Hospital and had his own OB-GYN practice called the Heartland Regional OB-GYN before winning his first bid for Congress in 2016.
During that time, and even after he was in office, the report alleged that Marshall and his lawyers filed lawsuits against more than 700 patients with outstanding medical bills and charged patients an 18% annual interest rate.
Of those, 81 patients were arrested for missing court dates, The New York Times reported, and the outlet interviewed some of those who were arrested.
“I would never want anyone to be arrested because of money that they owe myself or the hospital,” Marshall said. “But we had standard policies. Once they went to collections, I was never asked another — had nothing else to do with the process. These were professional companies that did the collection processes.”
Marshall noted that as one of the few doctors who accepted Medicaid in the area, many of his patients would travel from other cities to see him.
He said that typically it would be nine months to a year before a collection agency was considered, and when that became an option, they would turn to the “same collection agency that most every other doctor and hospital in the region did as well. They were all standard practices.”
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“My golden rule with my office manager is, look, if a person’s making a payment of $5 a month, that’s fine,” Marshall said. “As long as you’re communicating, make an effort, if they miss one, just communicate with us.”
“So only a very small, small, small fraction of the unpaid bills even went to collections,” he continued. “But once it left our office’s hand, we had nothing to do with any further decisions.”
The report comes as Marshall is running for a second term in the Senate. He’s facing Adam Hamilton, the Democratic nominee and a megachurch pastor who led the largest United Methodist congregation in the country.
Tyson Brody, a spokesperson for Hamilton’s campaign, told Fox News Digital, “Roger Marshall’s own lawyer said Roger Marshall specifically requested an 18% interest rate, 50% higher than the statutory rate in Kansas.”
“Roger Marshall’s own lawyer said Roger Marshall allowed him to seek warrants, arrests, and garnishments of new and expecting mothers,” Brody said. “One woman said she requested a payment plan but was pressed to pay in full and another reported she was arrested while struggling with payments.”
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“Senator Marshall should explain why he sued a woman who claimed he was charging her for his own mistakes, and why he had patients jailed for as little as $115,” he continued.
Though Kansas is favored to stay in the GOP’s control, Vice President JD Vance, one of the Trump administration’s most valuable surrogates on the campaign trail this cycle, stumped for Marshall last week. While Vance lauded Marshall as a valued ally to President Donald Trump and instrumental in implementing his agenda, he was interrupted by a protester who referred to The New York Times’ report.
“Now, this guy, this guy, I’m telling you, ladies and gentlemen, here’s what happened is he decided to come in and lie about my very dear friend Doc Marshall, because the reality is that Doc Marshall has stood up for everyday Americans every single day he’s been in the United States Senate,” Vance said.
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But back in Dallas before the Vance event, Marshall maintained that his office’s practices were above board, and questioned The New York Times’ characterization of what happened.
“Look, I’m not even gonna give The New York Times the honor of me reading their article. But I just think that I trust our judges a lot more than what they’re describing there,” Marshall said. “Our judges wouldn’t do what they’re describing in that article. There had to be something else going on.”
“So it’s just amazing to me. Here, I’m the only OB-GYN in the middle of 60,000 people on call every night,” he continued. “I didn’t get a night off for 30 years darn near. And take so many people we gave pre-care to and there’s so many bills that we just wrote off as well. So I just think this is very much a mischaracterization of the whole process.”
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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