Individuals with unpaid medical debt are also more likely to put off seeking care, which can worsen their health, lead to more expensive care in the future, or put them out of work. The Vermont ...

A 2021 survey of Vermont households found that fear of medical debt impacted 85,000 Vermonters’ health care decisions.

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.

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 ...

Unless your lender insists, it’s generally a bad idea to close ... the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law,” says Merriam-Webster. A lien is registered with your ...

The initiative, introduced by Treasurer Mike Pieciak, is funded with $1 million already available in the state treasury and ...

Americans borrowed an estimated $74 billion for medical bills last year, according to a West Health-Gallup survey. And now an ...