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Expelled Black lawmaker Pearson to return to Tennessee House
Expelled Black lawmaker Pearson to return to Tennessee House
DENVER (AP) — Cindy Powers was driven into bankruptcy by 19 life-saving abdominal operations. Medical debt started stacking up for Lindsey Vance after...
For patients, medical debt has become a leading cause of personal bankruptcy, with an estimated $88 billion of that debt in collections nationwide, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Lawmakers in at least a dozen states and the U.S. Congress have pushed legislation to curtail the financial burden of medical debt.