A doctor speaks with a patient at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Conn., in 2022. The debt collection industry said in a recent report that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's proposal to bar ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A recently retired Arkansas oncologist's kind gesture is drawing national attention. Doctor Omar Atiq was growing increasingly worried about the COVID-19 pandemic and how it would ...

WASHINGTON — If you’re struggling to pay back medical debt, you’re not alone. Many Americans owe more than $10,000 because of past health issues, even if they have insurance. Today, doctors are ...

It takes great effort and commitment to become a physician, but rather than being able to give their full attention to the burgeoning medical career, new doctors are faced with a huge debt burden, ...

Tell someone you're a doctor, and the reaction is often: "You must be rich." But physicians who are just finishing medical school or are in their early careers might feel far from it. The average ...

In the face of objections from members of his own party, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is backing away from a plan to keep doctors who treat Medicare patients from experiencing drastic ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — What's being called a 'triple whammy' is on the horizon, threatening to test the strength of our health and wallet. COVID, RSV and flu already are circulating again, on the heels of ...

Doctors and nurses who stay working in the NHS after they qualify should be rewarded with a “loan forgiveness” scheme, health experts have proposed. The idea, aimed at easing the financial burden of ...

We all know the old proverb: Health is the greatest of blessings. But our well-being in the years ahead is threatened especially on Long Island by a projected lack of physicians in the near future — a ...