Last year, Ted got hit with a surprise $2,700 bill after an ER visit. When he missed a follow-up call from a collections agency, the bill ballooned to nearly $3,000. Now, he’s getting nonstop calls ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. St. Peters Health Partners was one of more than 50 hospitals in the state that was found to have placed liens on patients' homes ...

Healthcare costs have grown significantly over the last decade and are expected to continue to increase over time. That, in turn, has led to millions of Americans struggling to pay what they owe to ...

(WSPA) – 100 million people are struggling to pay off $220 billion in medical debt, according to the latest data from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. While there’s no magic wand, there are ...

After a cancer diagnosis, the mean medical debt in collections increased by 123.2%. Patients with cancer may have medical debt in collections that persists for years after their diagnosis, despite ...

A policy in Oregon that requires nonprofit hospitals to provide more financial assistance to patients was linked to a ...

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Are medical bill collection accounts buried away inside millions of consumers' credit files - even bills that were fully paid or settled years ago - functioning as a drag on the housing market? That ...

Medical debt can already feel like a double whammy. First, you have a medical event to contend with, and then you are saddled with bills from the whole ordeal. But could there be a third blow, with ...

Colorado Consumer Health Initiative says at least 700,000 Coloradans are in collections due to unpaid medical bills ...