Noam Levey
Stories
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Politics
Harris backs slashing medical debt. Trump’s ‘concepts’ worry advocates
The Biden administration has taken significant steps to address the medical debt problem that burdens 100 million people in America, but gains would be jeopardized by a Trump win, advocates say.
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Health
These factory workers were swamped by medical debt. Then their employer stepped in
A window screen company in Tuscaloosa, Alabama is trying to help workers stay out of medical debt by opening a clinic where care and prescriptions are free.
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Health
Biden administration announces a plan for removing medical debt from credit reports
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released proposed federal regulations that would prevent unpaid medical bills from being counted on consumers’ credit reports.
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Health
As some medical debt disappears from Americans' credit reports, scores are rising
Credit rating agencies have removed small unpaid medical bills from consumer credit, and some people are seeing their credit scores improve, a new study finds.
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National
Tens of millions of Americans are making painful sacrifices due to health care debt
More than a 100 million people in the U.S. are burdened by medical debt. An investigation by NPR and Kaiser Health shows the painful sacrifices many are making to pay their medical and dental bills.
