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As some medical debt disappears from Americans' credit reports, scores are rising
Thursday, November 02, 2023
Credit rating agencies have removed small unpaid medical bills from consumer credit, and some people are seeing their credit scores improve, a new study finds.
Medical debt could soon be barred from ruining your credit score
Thursday, September 21, 2023
The Biden administration unveiled regulations that potentially would help tens of millions of people who have medical debt on their credit reports.
Medical debt nearly pushed this family into homelessness. Millions more are at risk
Monday, September 11, 2023
Saddled with debt from health care, many Americans are forced into painful tradeoffs. And some are losing their homes.
Hospitals sued thousands of patients in North Carolina for unpaid bills, report finds
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
The suits pursued patients and their families, sometimes putting liens on homes. "I know my house will never be mine. It is going to be the hospital's," said Donna Lindabury, 70, who lost her case.
'We're not doing that': A Black couple won't crowdfund to pay medical debt
Monday, June 26, 2023
Kristie Fields, a cancer patient in Virginia was urged to go public to seek help for her medical bills. But she worried about feeding hurtful stereotypes.
Biden administration warns consumers to avoid medical credit cards
Thursday, May 04, 2023
Americans paid an estimated $1 billion in interest on medical debt in just three years, a federal agency finds. This includes use of credit cards often pitched in doctors' and dentists' offices.
Medical debt affects millions, and advocates push IRS, consumer agency for relief
Tuesday, March 07, 2023
More than 50 consumer and patient groups want the Biden Administration to aggressively protect Americans from medical bills and debt collectors. The effort follows a KHN/NPR investigation.
Investigation: Many U.S. hospitals sue patients for debts or threaten their credit
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
An examination of billing policies and practices at more than 500 hospitals across the country shows widespread reliance on aggressive collection tactics.
Lessons from Germany to help solve the U.S. medical debt crisis
Wednesday, December 14, 2022
What would a world without medical debt look like? In Germany's former coal-mining region medical debt is almost unknown, despite economic challenges and health problems. Here's why.
How banks and hospitals are cashing in when patients can't pay for health care
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Some credit cards advertised by hospitals lure in patients with rosy promises of convenient, low-interest payments on big bills. But interest rates soar if you can't quickly pay off the loan.
Why Black Americans are more likely to be saddled with medical debt
Thursday, October 27, 2022
Black communities in the U.S. suffer disproportionately from health care debt. The reasons go back to segregation and a history of racist policies that have limited Black wealth.
Some hospitals rake in high profits while their patients are loaded with medical debt
Wednesday, September 28, 2022
Across the U.S., many hospitals have become wealthy, even as their bills force patients to make gut-wrenching sacrifices. This pattern is especially stark for health care systems in Dallas-Fort Worth.
Nursing homes are suing friends and family to collect on patients' bills
Thursday, July 28, 2022
Debt lawsuits — a byproduct of America's medical debt crisis — can ensnare not only patients but also those who help sick and older people be admitted to nursing homes, a KHN-NPR investigation finds.
She was already battling cancer. Then she had to fight the bill collectors
Saturday, July 09, 2022
For one South Dakota mom, cancer treatment saved her life, but left her $30,000 in debt. The cost of care in the U.S. can make patients drain savings, declare bankruptcy, or lose their homes.
Tens of millions of Americans are making painful sacrifices due to health care debt
Wednesday, June 22, 2022
More than a 100 million people in the U.S. are burdened by medical debt. An investigation by NPR and Kaiser Health shows the painful sacrifices many are making to pay their medical and dental bills.
Medical debt upended their lives. Here's what it took from them
Thursday, June 16, 2022
First, they were struck by illness and then by medical bills they couldn't pay. Here are seven stories of Americans living under the shadow of health care debt.
Sick and struggling to pay, 100 million people in the U.S. live with medical debt
Thursday, June 16, 2022
The U.S. health system now produces debt on a mass scale, a new investigation shows. Patients face gut-wrenching sacrifices.
Kids with autism struggle to adapt to adulthood. One doctor is trying to change that
Saturday, February 12, 2022
Dr. Mai Pham left a corporate career to spark change in a system that is failing millions of Americans with autism and other intellectual and developmental disabilities.
'It's a Minefield': Biden's Pick For Health Secretary Faces Abortion Politics
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
As California's attorney general, Xavier Becerra fought Trump-era restrictions on reproductive health. If confirmed, he'll navigate an even more difficult legal and political landscape.
Keeping Eyes On The Supply Chain
Friday, April 10, 2020
How the federal government's opaque approach has kept watchdogs from more closely examining its distribution of medical supplies.
