Under EMTALA, emergency rooms are required to medically screen and stabilize all patients. Some patients withhold their ...

An estimated 100 million people in the United States have medical or dental bills they are paying off or that are overdue.

Doctors and Clinicians analyzed academic research and news reports to see how medical debt is contributing to personal ...

A new study out of the University of Southern California challenges the silent resignation many feel when faced with daunting ...

An estimated 100 million people in the U.S. have medical or dental bills they are paying off or that are overdue.

Every year, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issues a report on aggressive and illegal debt collection ...

Hospitals may have given up on collecting on widespread medical debt, but forgiveness still throws a lifeline to those who ...

D.C. has deals in place to cancel $42 million in medical debt for 62,000 residents, through a partnership with a nonprofit ...

The city of Cincinnati voted to pay off some citizens' medical debt. Mayor Aftab Pureval is set to share details of the ...

New Mexico Congressman Gabe Vasquez is pushing legislation that would take inspiration from a 2021 state law that protects ...

Thousands of low-income D.C. residents will soon see their medical debt erased. The District of Columbia is wiping nearly $42 ...

A health advocacy group is launching a first-of-its-kind voting campaign to organize and engage people who are impacted by ...