Medical Debt

CrowdHealth CEO: Health-care price transparency is worthless without incentives
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CrowdHealth CEO: Health-care price transparency is worthless without incentives

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April 18, 2025
Americans finally got a rule protecting their credit scores from unexpected medical debt. Now Trump is attacking the agency behind it
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Americans finally got a rule protecting their credit scores from unexpected medical debt. Now Trump is attacking the agency behind it

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March 20, 2025
Local communities are buying medical debt for pennies on the dollar–and freeing American families from the threat of bankruptcy
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Local communities are buying medical debt for pennies on the dollar–and freeing American families from the threat of bankruptcy

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March 10, 2023
Biden takes a health care victory lap after the number of people reporting medical debt drops fallen 18%
Personal Finance

Biden takes a health care victory lap after the number of people reporting medical debt drops fallen 18%

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February 14, 2023
woman with a baby paying with a credit card at a pharmacy
Personal Finance

A city and county in Ohio just teamed up to wipe out up to $240 million in medical debt for their residents by buying it at a fraction of the cost

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November 11, 2022
Woman paying bills at home
Finance

The ‘TurboTax of bankruptcy’ aims to help people in medical debt rebuild their financial lives

By Blake Farmer and Kaiser Health News
January 10, 2022
This charity plans to buy out $278 million of medical debt
Health

This charity plans to buy out $278 million of medical debt

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June 15, 2021
What health insurance doesn’t cover
Newsletters

What health insurance doesn’t cover

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February 12, 2020
The father of the 15-year-old Pegatron worker who died of pneumonia, holds his son's picture at a news conference in Beijing
International

China Healthcare Costs Forcing Patients Into Crippling Debt

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July 10, 2016
John Oliver Buys $15 Million in Debt–Then Forgives It
Arts & Entertainment

John Oliver Buys $15 Million in Debt–Then Forgives It

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June 6, 2016
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Bill collectors calling your boss? Here’s what to do

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Finance
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Why your credit score might soon get a boost

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August 8, 2014

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