Editorial: Bankrupted by medical debt
The Bellingham Herald,
American health care is too expensive. Exhibit A is a new study of Americans’ medical debt published in the Journal of the…
American health care is too expensive. Exhibit A is a new study of Americans’ medical debt published in the Journal of the…
American health care is too expensive. Exhibit A is a new study of Americans’ medical debt published in the Journal of the…
Medical bills can be stressful. Some are surprises. Others are intimidatingly large.
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He had called to say he needed to give her something in person, that afternoon, and that he had been unable to reach her at home.
Mayo, other providers stockpiled court judgments for medical bills during the pandemic, funds now collectible.
New research shows nearly one in five Americans are being hounded by debt collectors over medical debts, and they owe much more…
New research shows nearly one in five Americans are being hounded by debt collectors over medical debts, and they owe much more…
New research shows nearly one in five Americans are being hounded by debt collectors over medical debts, and they owe much more…
Medicaid expansion doesn’t just provide more people health insurance — it appears to cut medical debt enormously, a new study…
Medicaid expansion doesn’t just provide more people health insurance — it appears to cut medical debt enormously, a new study…
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Americans are actually saddled with at least $140 billion in outstanding medical debt, research finds.
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- | Listen Collection agencies held $140 billion in unpaid medical debt in 2020, according to a study published July 20 in JAMA.
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Americans owe nearly twice as much medical debt as was previously known, and the amount owed has become increasingly…
Collection agencies in the U.S. hold about $140 billion in unpaid medical bills, according to a study published Tuesday by Jama…
Collection agencies in the U.S. hold about $140 billion in unpaid medical bills, according to a study published Tuesday by Jama…
Collection agencies in the U.S. hold about $140 billion in unpaid medical bills, according to a study published Tuesday by Jama…
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Medical debt in the U.S. is more than any government department was aware, with collection agencies trying to recoup debts…
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By Sarah Kliff and Margot Sanger-Katz, New York Times Americans owe nearly twice as much medical debt as was previously known…
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Americans owe nearly twice as much medical debt as was previously known, and the amount owed has become increasingly…
A new study finds that health care has become the country’s largest source of debt in collections.
This article was originally published here JAMA. 2021 Jul 20;326(3):250-256. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.8694.
Research published Tuesday in JAMA finds that collection agencies held $140 billion in unpaid medical bills last year.