medical bills

Much of the medical debt relief was given to residents between the ages of 31 and 60. More than $113 million in debt was forgiven for people making $25,000 a year or less, and over $74 million was wiped clean for residents making between $26,000 and $50,000.

The first wave of a city-funded program will forgive $6 million in debt for about 4,000 residents.

Patients increasingly turn to crowdfunding to raise money for costly hospital bills — why isn't insurance covering more?

Initial screenings for breast, lung and cervical cancer are covered by insurance, but expensive secondary tests can leave patients in screening purgatory.

Medical debt represents more than half of all debts in collections in the United States, and the problem disproportionately affects Black families and communities.

A trip to the hospital can be followed by confusing or unexpected medical bills. For some patients the price tag of their procedure is far greater than…