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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…
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.
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.
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