Health Apr 11 WATCH: Federal government to act against ‘bad actors’ in medical debt collection, Harris says By News Desk
Politics Oct 27 Stacey Abrams’ nonprofit donates $1.34 million to wipe out medical debts Fair Fight Political Action Committee said that it's donating $1.34 million from its political action committee to wipe out debt owed by 108,000 people in Georgia, Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. By Jeff Amy, Associated Press
Making Sen$e Dec 12 Watch 9:12 Americans are drowning in medical debt, so this nonprofit is buying — and forgiving — it Collectively, Americans owe nearly a trillion dollars of medical debt, and Congress is trying to figure out a policy response. But in the meantime, economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on an unusual non-profit’s effort to relieve the burden of medical… By Paul Solman
Health Jul 26 Millennials rack up the most medical debt, and more frequently One in six Americans have a past-due medical bill on their credit report. The largest share of that group is Millenials, a new study says. By Laura Santhanam
Health Mar 25 In the state with the highest medical debt, it’s the middle class who carries the burden Nearly 40 percent of adults under 65 carry medical debt, and many of them are middle class. When they don't pay their bills, hospitals must eat the cost. By Max Blau, STAT