Proposed Legislation Would Ease Burden of American Medical Debt – NBC4 Washington
Lawmakers in at least a dozen states and the U.S. Congress have pushed legislation to curtail the financial burden of medical debt.
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Lawmakers in at least a dozen states and the U.S. Congress have pushed legislation to curtail the financial burden of medical debt.
Lawmakers in at least a dozen states and the U.S. Congress have pushed legislation to curtail the financial burden of medical debt.
Lawmakers in at least a dozen states and the U.S. Congress have pushed legislation to curtail the financial burden of medical debt.
Cindy Powers underwent emergency surgery to fix a life-threatening abdominal obstruction in 2004. Over the next five years, she received 18 additional surgeries to address complications, infections and hernias, before
Some lost their homes. Some emptied their retirement accounts. Some struggled to feed and clothe their families. Medical debt now touches more than 100 million people in America, as the U.S. health care system pushes patients into debt on a mass scale. Debtors are from all walks of life and all corners of the country. Here are their stories ― how they got into debt, what they’ve given up for it, and how they’re living with the burden.