Tag Archives: Medical Debt

Offering a “microcosm” of the “national problem” of the financial issues caused by illness and injuries leading to individuals being forced to file for bankruptcy protection, a state consumer advocacy group has published a report detailing that 60% of bankruptcy filings included some form of medical debt. The report, which …

The author of a recently released study that estimated how much medical debt is being carried by individuals across the United States has published an op-ed that calls on state and federal governments to boost their protections of individuals from the “burden of medical debt.” Neale Mahoney, a professor and …

The amount of medical debt being worked by collection agencies across the country is $140 billion, according to a study published yesterday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), which is twice as much as was estimated just five years ago. Unpaid medical debts represent the largest category …

A lot of individuals who were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in one form or another are now facing another serious situation — increased amounts of unpaid medical debts — according to the results of a survey conducted by The Commonwealth Fund. The survey identified three different outcomes for those …