Winston-Salem church looks to buy and forgive $2M in medical debt
The church has forgiven more than $18 million in medical debt for families since first launching its relief initiative in 2022.
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These factory workers were swamped by medical debt. Then their employer stepped in
A decades-old manufacturing company opened a clinic and made primary care and prescriptions free for employees and their families.
Hospitals across the state have signed up for North Carolina's new medical debt relief program
The state's new medical debt relief program has succeeded in getting all eligible hospitals on board. In exchange for relieving medical debt for millions of North Carolinians, the hospitals will receive increased Medicaid reimbursements.
Gov. Roy Cooper visits Winston-Salem to discuss medical debt
At the start of the month, Gov. Roy Cooper announced a plan to bring medical debt down in the state. He stopped in Winston-Salem on Monday to discuss the topic further with local advocacy groups and state agencies.
North Carolina government aims to incentivize hospitals to relieve patients of medical debt
North Carolina state government is seeking to rid potentially billions in medical debt from low- and middle-income residents by offering a financial carrot for hospitals to take unpaid bills off the books. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper unveiled a plan Monday to take away patients' debt and help future patients receive deep discounts or enroll in charity programs. If federal Medicaid regulators approve it, the move would mean roughly 100 hospitals receiving enhanced federal Medicaid reimbursement funds could get even more funds. Other state and local governments have tapped into federal American Rescue Plan funds to cancel debt.
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.
Their first baby came with medical debt. These Illinois parents won't have another.
Millions of new parents in the U.S. are swamped by medical debt during and after pregnancy, forcing many to cut back on food, clothing, and other essentials.
Why a financial regulator is going after health care debt
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, created after the Great Recession of 2007-09, has increasingly started policing the health care system.
Winston-Salem church helps buy and forgive millions in medical debt for Wake County households
A Winston-Salem church has partnered with a New York-based nonprofit to purchase and forgive the medical debt of nearly 3,000 households in Wake County.
NYC joins a growing wave of local governments erasing residents' medical debt
The city is partnering with the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt to buy up and forgive unpaid medical bills. The trend started in Cook County, Ill., and is spreading to cities across the country.