The report, based on data from 2,300 hospitals, shows overall bad debt and charity as a percent of gross revenue increased 7% year over year for 2024. The amount of bad debt and charity per calendar ...

If healthcare entities believe that people won't pay their medical bills at the margin, they'll likely raise prices.

Most of the medical debt didn't belong to the poorest patients, but rather insured people in the middle and lower-middle ...

Here's what we found: Medical debt can be a fairly ubiquitous problem for Americans receiving health care, whether they planned ahead for treatment or had an unexpected medical expense.

When rural patients incur medical bills they can’t pay, the impact of the debt reaches far beyond their own personal ...

Advocate Health, Charlotte-based Atrium Health’s parent company announced it would drop property liens as a method of ...

Health care providers in Borderland are bracing for cuts in funding as Gov. Tim Pawlenty balances the state budget. Pawlenty may not take action on the budget until after July 1, but he has ...

Under the programs being negotiated by the World Bank and the IMF with countries eligible for debt relief, government spending on public services—such as preventive health care and primary ...

He’s seen data suggesting 60% to 80% of “bad debt” write-offs across the health care industry are for patients who might have qualified for financial assistance but didn’t apply.

State Treasurer Mike Pieciak, along with other state leaders, announced a proposal to eliminate the debt of over 60,000 struggling Vermonters. The state’s partnership with national non-profit, Undue ...

Blocks collections agencies from garnishing wages for medical debt Blocks health care providers from reporting some medical debt to reporting agencies Caps the interest on medical debt at 3% Prevents ...