Costly care: How a federal rule would protect consumers credit from unpaid medical debt
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to eliminate all medical debt from credit reports. Will President-elect Trump ...
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Medical debt is hurting millions of credit reports - but now there's a cure
Even responsible, prudent people can end up thousands of dollars in debt if they get sick or injured 100 million Americans owe a total of $220 billion in medical debt. When we want to buy ...
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Even Political Rivals Agree That Medical Debt Is an Urgent Issue
Bipartisan measures in other states have gone further, barring unpaid medical bills from consumer credit reports and restricting medical providers from placing liens on patients’ homes.
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How Ohio Cities Showed Kamala Harris the Way Forward on Medical Debt
The vice president wants a medical debt jubilee. Toledo, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, and Akron demonstrated what that could look like. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks on medical ...
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Illinois medical debt relief program erases $72M of debt thus far
A state pilot program designed to erase medical debt for 300,000 Illinois residents has already helped thousands eliminate ...
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'We have no health insurance': My wife died, leaving behind a lot of medical debt. Am I responsible?
She had absolutely no assets, but our home is in both our names. Am I responsible for her medical debt? Can they take our house? (We have no health insurance.) Left Behind Related: 'I don't want ...
St. Paul, Fairview and nonprofit wipe out $37 million in medical debt for 32,000 residents
More than 32,000 St. Paul residents with unpaid medical debt ranging from $268 to more than $272,000 have had their debt erased, thanks to a city partnership with Fairview Health Services and Undue ...
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Worries about medical bills weigh on voters' minds as election nears
Tom Zawierucha, 58, a building services worker in New Jersey, wishes candidates would talk more about protecting older Americans from big medical bills. Teresa Morton, 43, a freight dispatcher in ...
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Opinion - ‘Positive’ medical debt credit reporting is a Trojan horse
A bill recently introduced to allow for positive reporting of medical debt payments might sound good on paper. In reality, it ...
The bigger N.J. hospitals get, the harder it is for people to escape medical debt
More New Jersey hospitals are becoming members of large health systems and that’s raising prices and medical debt for ...
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Struggling with medical debt? Here’s how a consumer watchdog is taking action to protect patients
SAN ANTONIO – Medical debt is a growing issue in the US, with many patients stuck paying bills they may not owe. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has taken steps to address these ...
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RI launches new medical debt relief program
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — General Treasurer James Diossa announced the launch of a new program Tuesday morning aimed to ease the burden of unpaid medical bills for Rhode Islanders. The Medical ...