Unpaid medical bills are back on the table, which could mean lower credit scores for millions. A federal judge in Texas has ...

A program launched by Gov. Katie Hobbs over a year ago has benefited 352,000 families, who are being notified their medical ...

About 9.1%, or 810,000, of adults in Ohio reported having medical debt in a given year from 2019 to 2021, according to the health research nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation.

A new bill proposed by lawmakers in Ohio aims to make medical debt more manageable for people in the state. Skip to content. NOWCAST WLWT News 5 at 11:00.

Despite recent efforts toward medical debt reform, many Americans still deal with piles of medical bills. A 2024 analysis from Peterson-KFF shows that about 20 million adults — nearly one in 12 ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Medical debt is the number one reason that people in the United States file for bankruptcy, and for many, like cancer survivor Olivia Hiltbrand, medical bills hit at the ...

Those who qualify for hospital charity care. Hospital charity care offers the most direct path to medical debt relief for many people. Federal law requires that nonprofit hospitals — which ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – A recently introduced Ohio bill is aiming to help residents pay off their medical debt. House Bill 257 would cap interest rates for medical debt at 3% per year and ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Medical debt is the number one reason that people in the United States file for bankruptcy, and for many, like cancer survivor Olivia Hiltbrand, medical bills hit at t… ...