With Trump on the Way, Advocates Look to States To Pick Up Medical Debt Fight
Patient and consumer advocates fear a new Trump administration will scale back federal efforts to expand financial protections for patients and shield them from debt.
Voters Fret High Medical Bills Are Being Ignored by Presidential Rivals
Health care hasn鈥檛 figured prominently on the campaign trail this fall. These voters wish it would.
As Hospitals Get Bigger, Medical Debt Is Harder for Patients To Shake
If you get sick in America, there鈥檚 a good chance you鈥檒l end up in debt. Four in 10 U.S. adults have some form of health-care debt, KFF has found. One surprising risk:聽living in a community where hospitals have consolidated 鈥 an increasingly common development as health systems merge or large systems gobble up smaller hospitals. That鈥檚 […]
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La administraci贸n Biden ha ampliado las protecciones financieras para los pacientes, incluyendo una propuesta hist贸rica de la Oficina de Protecci贸n Financiera del Consumidor (CFPB) para eliminar la deuda m茅dica de los informes de cr茅dito de los consumidores.
Harris Backs Slashing Medical Debt. Trump鈥檚 鈥楥oncepts鈥 Worry Advocates.
The Biden administration has taken significant steps to address a problem that burdens 100 million people in America, but gains would be jeopardized by a Trump win, advocates say.
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Even Political Rivals Agree That Medical Debt Is an Urgent Issue
In red and blue states, state lawmakers from both parties are expanding protections for patients burdened by medical debt.
Across North Carolina, Medical Debt Exacts a Heavy Toll
The state has among the highest levels of medical debt in the country, data shows.
How North Carolina Made Its Hospitals Do Something About Medical Debt
State officials threatened to withhold public money from hospitals, pioneering a strategy that could become a national model.
These Alabama Workers Were Swamped by Medical Debt. Then Their Employer Stepped In.
A decades-old manufacturing company opened a clinic and made primary care and prescriptions free for employees and their families.
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Si se promulgan, nuevas reglas ampliar铆an dr谩sticamente las protecciones para decenas de millones de estadounidenses agobiados por facturas m茅dicas que no pueden pagar.
Biden Administration Advances Plan To Remove Medical Debt From Credit Scores
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed federal regulations that would prevent unpaid medical bills from being counted on consumers鈥 credit reports.
Why One New York Health System Stopped Suing Its Patients
Most U.S. hospitals aggressively pursue patients for unpaid bills. One New York hospital system decided to work with them instead.
Their First Baby Came With Medical Debt. These Illinois Parents Won鈥檛 Have Another.
Millions of new parents in the U.S. are swamped by medical debt during and after pregnancy, forcing many to cut back on food, clothing, and other essentials.
With Medical Debt Burdening Millions, a Financial Regulator Steps In to Help
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, created after the Great Recession of 2007-09, has increasingly started policing the health care system.
In This Oklahoma Town, Most Everyone Knows Someone Who鈥檚 Been Sued by the Hospital
Hospitals nationwide face growing scrutiny over how they secure payment from patients, but at one community hospital, the debt collection machine has been quietly humming along for decades.
Listen: What Our 2-Year-Long Investigation Into Medical Debt Reveals
An award-winning project by 杨贵妃传媒視頻 Health News and NPR found that at least 100 million people in the United States are saddled with medical bills they cannot pay 鈥 and exposed a health care system that systematically pushes people into debt.
Watch: She Had a Home and a Good-Paying Job. Then Illness and Debt Upended It All.
A chronic health diagnosis and medical debt reordered Sharon Woodward’s life.
Medical Debt Is Disappearing From Americans鈥 Credit Reports, Lifting Scores
As credit rating agencies have removed small unpaid medical bills from consumer credit, scores have gone up, a new study finds.
Biden Administration to Ban Medical Debt From Americans鈥 Credit Scores
The White House said the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will develop new regulations that would prevent unpaid medical bills from being counted on credit reports.
