According to the NYC mayor’s office, more than 100 million Americans hold some amount of medical debt, and the total amount in the U.S. exceeds $220 billion. The release also notes that, nationwide, ...
In the same year the health system set a record-breaking $1.3 billion operating margin, it also significantly increased its ...
Kansas hospitals are increasingly suing patients for small sums of money. District court records show some cases seeking as ...
A court ruling this summer canceled a President Joe Biden-era federal effort to remove medical debt from credit reports. Now the Trump administration is seeking to thwart similar state efforts, ...
AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. State program erased $6.5B for 2.5M patients using Medicaid-linked hospital reforms. Relief concentrated in Mecklenburg where ...
Sort of like the loaves and fishes miracle from the Gospels, Transformation Church of Pensacola has turned a $40,000 church donation into a staggering $6.5 million reduction in medical debt for some ...
GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- 36% of American households are dealing with debt from medical care. That's a big number, impacting a lot of people. A group of northern Michigan students is ...
A federal rule restricting the debt’s inclusion has been canceled. Now, the consumer bureau is trying to overturn state restrictions. By Ann Carrns A court ruling this summer canceled a Biden-era ...
Because insurance claims often take time to process, patients can be left with unexpected bills that can harm their credit scores before coverage issues are fixed. HealthDay News — The Trump ...
As local elected officials scramble to address threats to the social safety net posed by the federal government shutdown, the Orange County government had at least one piece of positive news to share ...
The Trump administration plans to stop states from passing laws that keep medical debt off credit reports The new rule would give the federal government full control over credit reporting States like ...
The Trump administration took another step Tuesday to weaken protections for Americans with medical debt, issuing new guidance that threatens ongoing state efforts to keep that debt off consumers’ ...