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CrowdHealth CEO: Health-care price transparency is worthless without incentives
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CrowdHealth CEO: Health-care price transparency is worthless without incentives
By Andy SchoonoverApril 18, 2025
Americans finally got a rule protecting their credit scores from unexpected medical debt. Now Trump is attacking the agency behind it
Commentary
Americans finally got a rule protecting their credit scores from unexpected medical debt. Now Trump is attacking the agency behind it
By Andy SchoonoverMarch 20, 2025
Local communities are buying medical debt for pennies on the dollar–and freeing American families from the threat of bankruptcy
Commentary
Local communities are buying medical debt for pennies on the dollar–and freeing American families from the threat of bankruptcy
By Michele GrimMarch 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%
By The Associated PressFebruary 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
By Alena BotrosNovember 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 NewsJanuary 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
By Chris MorrisJune 15, 2021
What health insurance doesn’t cover
Newsletters
What health insurance doesn’t cover
By Sy MukherjeeFebruary 11, 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
Health
China Healthcare Costs Forcing Patients Into Crippling Debt
By ReutersJuly 10, 2016
John Oliver Buys $15 Million in Debt–Then Forgives It
Arts & Entertainment
John Oliver Buys $15 Million in Debt–Then Forgives It
By Melissa LockerJune 6, 2016
bills past due debt
Leadership
Bill collectors calling your boss? Here’s what to do
By August 28, 2014
Finance
Finance
Why your credit score might soon get a boost
By Benjamin SnyderAugust 8, 2014
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