Tu deuda m茅dica ya no afectar铆a tu historial de cr茅dito
Si se promulgan, nuevas reglas ampliar铆an dr谩sticamente las protecciones para decenas de millones de estadounidenses agobiados por facturas m茅dicas que no pueden pagar.
Biden Administration Advances Plan To Remove Medical Debt From Credit Scores
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed federal regulations that would prevent unpaid medical bills from being counted on consumers鈥 credit reports.
Why One New York Health System Stopped Suing Its Patients
Most U.S. hospitals aggressively pursue patients for unpaid bills. One New York hospital system decided to work with them instead.
Their First Baby Came With Medical Debt. These Illinois Parents Won鈥檛 Have Another.
Millions of new parents in the U.S. are swamped by medical debt during and after pregnancy, forcing many to cut back on food, clothing, and other essentials.
With Medical Debt Burdening Millions, a Financial Regulator Steps In to Help
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, created after the Great Recession of 2007-09, has increasingly started policing the health care system.
In This Oklahoma Town, Most Everyone Knows Someone Who鈥檚 Been Sued by the Hospital
Hospitals nationwide face growing scrutiny over how they secure payment from patients, but at one community hospital, the debt collection machine has been quietly humming along for decades.
Listen: What Our 2-Year-Long Investigation Into Medical Debt Reveals
An award-winning project by 素人色情片Health News and NPR found that at least 100 million people in the United States are saddled with medical bills they cannot pay 鈥 and exposed a health care system that systematically pushes people into debt.
Watch: She Had a Home and a Good-Paying Job. Then Illness and Debt Upended It All.
A chronic health diagnosis and medical debt reordered Sharon Woodward’s life.
Medical Debt Is Disappearing From Americans鈥 Credit Reports, Lifting Scores
As credit rating agencies have removed small unpaid medical bills from consumer credit, scores have gone up, a new study finds.
Biden Administration to Ban Medical Debt From Americans鈥 Credit Scores
The White House said the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will develop new regulations that would prevent unpaid medical bills from being counted on credit reports.
Un padre so帽aba con una casa para su familia. La deuda m茅dica casi los deja en la calle
En todo el pa铆s, la deuda m茅dica obliga a legiones de estadounidenses a hacer sacrificios dolorosos. Muchos recortan gastos en alimentos, asumen trabajos adicionales o agotan sus ahorros para la jubilaci贸n. Miles no pueden conseguir vivienda.
A Father Dreamed of a Home for His Family. Medical Debt Nearly Pushed Them Onto the Streets.
As cities like Denver struggle to make homes more affordable, medical debt keeps housing out of reach for millions of Americans.
North Carolina Hospitals Have Sued Thousands of Their Patients, a New Report Finds
An analysis of court records by the state treasurer and Duke researchers finds Atrium Health, originally a public hospital system, accounted for almost a third of the legal actions against North Carolina patients over roughly five years.
What One Lending Company鈥檚 Hospital Contracts Reveal About Financing Patient Debt
Within two years of North Carolina鈥檚 public university system going into business with AccessOne to finance patients鈥 payment plans, nearly half of its patients were in loans that charged interest. As federal scrutiny increases on lenders, 素人色情片Health News is sharing that contract and others obtained through public records requests.
Medical Debt Is Making Americans Angry. Doctors and Hospitals Ignore This at Their Peril.
Doctors and hospitals hold an exalted position in American life, retaining public confidence even as other institutions such as government, law enforcement, and the media are losing people鈥檚 trust. But with health care debt out of hand, medical providers risk their good standing.
鈥榃e鈥檙e Not Doing That鈥: Why a Black Couple Wouldn鈥檛 Crowdfund to Pay Off Medical Debts
Kristie Fields, a cancer patient in Virginia, was urged to go public to seek financial help. She worried about feeding hurtful stereotypes.
International Rights Group Calls Out US for Allowing Hospitals to Push Millions Into Debt
In a new report, Human Rights Watch urges stronger federal and state action to hold hospitals to account for a medical debt crisis that now burdens more than 100 million Americans.
El gobierno alerta sobre tarjetas de cr茅dito para pagar facturas m茅dicas
La Oficina de Protecci贸n Financiera del Consumidor estim贸 en su informe que, en solo tres a帽os, de 2018 a 2020, las personas han estado pagando $1,000 millones en intereses diferidos de tarjetas de cr茅dito m茅dicas y otros financiamientos m茅dicos.
Biden Administration Issues New Warning About Medical Credit Cards
Americans paid an estimated $1 billion in deferred interest on medical debt in just three years, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau reports. The agency warns against medical credit cards, which are often pitched right in doctors鈥 offices.
Listen to 鈥楾radeoffs鈥: Medical Debt Delivers ‘A Shocking Amount of Misery’
Medical debt in America pushes families to the edge. Ariane Buck and his wife, Samantha, were denied care at their doctor’s office because of an unpaid bill of less than $100. A trip to the emergency room added thousands of dollars to their health care debt, which topped $50,000 by the time they filed for bankruptcy.
