Before dying, she made a fund to cancel others' medical debt — nearly $70m worth
Casey McIntyre decided she wanted her legacy to be clearing medical debt. But her husband says they never dreamed it would get this big.
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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.
Medical debt could soon be barred from ruining your credit score
The Biden administration unveiled regulations that potentially would help tens of millions of people who have medical debt on their credit reports.
Medical debt nearly pushed this family into homelessness. Millions more are at risk
Saddled with debt from health care, many Americans are forced into painful tradeoffs. And some are losing their homes.
Hospitals sued thousands of patients in North Carolina for unpaid bills, report finds
The suits pursued patients and their families, sometimes putting liens on homes. "I know my house will never be mine. It is going to be the hospital's," said Donna Lindabury, 70, who lost her case.
A mom owed nearly $102,000 for her son's stay in a state mental health hospital
One North Carolina family's six-figure medical bill came from a state hospital. The attorney general, who is running for governor and says he's against high medical costs, tried to collect the debt.
The hospital bills didn't find her, but a lawsuit did — plus interest
After emergency gallbladder surgery, a Tennessee woman said she spent months without a permanent mailing address and never got a bill from the hospital. She ended up in court a few years later.
'We're not doing that': A Black couple won't crowdfund to pay medical debt
Kristie Fields, a cancer patient in Virginia was urged to go public to seek help for her medical bills. But she worried about feeding hurtful stereotypes.
Many people living in the 'Diabetes Belt' are plagued with medical debt
More than half of the counties in the nation's so-called Diabetes Belt also have high rates of medical debt among their residents, an NPR analysis found.
Biden administration warns consumers to avoid medical credit cards
Americans paid an estimated $1 billion in interest on medical debt in just three years, a federal agency finds. This includes use of credit cards often pitched in doctors' and dentists' offices.