One-third of American credit card users are in debt because of medical bills ... and she had to appeal to the state unemployment office to get her benefits. For the three months while she waited ...

Though a jump in revenue and manageable expense growth have helped hospital margins stabilize, a rise in bad debt and volume of charity care have kept bottom lines in check, according to Kaufman ...

It's not always black and white when it comes to distinguishing between good debt and bad debt. Medical debt, for example, falls in a bit of a gray area, as it's "an expense that's largely ...

The watchdog agency says that medical debt is a particularly bad predictor of people’s ability ... before President Joe Biden ...

The program started in October under Rhode Island General Treasurer James Diossa’s office ... all of these hospitals and medical agencies, and will buy out bad debt,” Diossa said.

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Along with the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office, the Minnesota Medical Debt Reset Act was ... $90 million of patients’ unpaid bills as bad debt, according to the health system’s tax ...

Along with the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office, the Minnesota Medical Debt Reset Act was ... $90 million of patients’ unpaid bills as bad debt, according to the health system’s tax ...