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Medical Debt
In Medical Billing, Fraudulent Charges Weirdly Pass as Legal
If we want to tame the costs in our $3 trillion health system, we’ve got to rein in this behavior.
Harvard Grad Workers Are Striking Over Medical Debt and Sexual Harassment
Harvard is the world’s wealthiest university, but grad student workers are struggling.
Sanders Unveils Plan to Wipe Out All Medical Debt in US
U.S. households currently carry $81 billion in medical debt.
Poor Patients Face Lawsuits From Nonprofit Hospitals That Trap Them in Debt
Across the country, low-income patients are speaking out about these hospitals' aggressive debt collection practices.
Churches Wipe Out Millions in Medical Debt for Others
Eighteen churches have been able to abolish $34.4 million of debt since the start of 2018.
Federal Plan Would Update Overdue-Bill Collection Methods
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed a rule limiting what debt collectors can do to pursue overdue bills.
American Health Care Horror Stories: An Incomplete Inventory
Universal health care would make these tragedies and absurdities unthinkable.
Millennials Are the Most Indebted Generation. They Can Thank Joe Biden.
As senator, Biden facilitated the lending industry's campaign to eviscerate consumer debt protections.
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Strike Debt Kicks Off Second Debt Buy-Up With March for Universal Healthcare
A coalition of groups associated with Occupy Wall Street took to the streets of midtown Manhattan on Thursday evening calling for the abolition of the for-profit healthcare system in …