NJ ACTS ON MEDICAL DEBT — New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is using pandemic relief funds to forgive about $100 million in medical debt, the Democrat said Tuesday, POLITICO’s Daniel Han reports.

Those who qualify for hospital charity care. Hospital charity care offers the most direct path to medical debt relief for many people. Federal law requires that nonprofit hospitals — which ...

Why it matters: Medical debt is ultimately the result of high U.S. health care prices and the choices made to manage them, including by insurers' use of deductibles and other out-of-pocket cost ...

Medical debt relief is a popular policy that’s easy for the public to understand. A June AP/NORC poll showed half of all Americans said it was extremely or very important for the U.S. government ...

5 medical debt relief options that actually work . Here are some of the most effective ways to deal with overwhelming medical debt right now: Negotiate directly with the provider.

Providers that opt in agree to relieve medical debt back to Jan. 1, 2014, for all Medicaid beneficiaries, uncollectible debt for patients whose income is at or below at least 350% of the federal ...

If you have unpaid medical bills in Los Angeles County, that could get abolished soon. The county’s new medical debt relief program launches today, focusing on people with low incomes.. It comes ...

Medical debt relief is a popular policy that’s easy for the public to understand. A June AP/NORC poll showed half of all Americans said it was extremely or very important for the U.S. government ...

An estimated 100 million people in the United States have medical or dental bills they are paying off or that are overdue. | Local News from KRQE News 13 in Albuquerque, New Mexico ...

(The Hill) – A health advocacy group is launching a first-of-its-kind voting campaign to organize and engage people who are impacted by medical debt. The effort by Community Catalyst will launch ...