Medical debt

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Trump Administration, Donald Trump
October 28, 2025
The Trump administration is moving to overrule any state laws that may protect consumers’ credit reports from medical debt and other debt…
Financial Wellness, Medical Debt Credit Reporting, Medical Debt, Credit Reporting, theGrio.com
January 9, 2025
Removing medical debts from consumer credit reports is expected to increase the credit scores of millions of families by an average…
Kamala Harris, Kamala Harris healthcare, Kamala Harris medical debt, 2024 election, Trump healthcare, Trump medical debt, theGrio.com
October 17, 2024
The Biden administration has expanded financial protections for patients but advocates fear if Trump wins a second term, he will…
Medical debt, medical debt and credit score, Biden administration and medical debt, medical bills, medical bills and credit, health care, personal finance, credit score, debt, personal debt, theGrio.com
June 12, 2024
If enacted, credit protections would dramatically expand for tens of millions of Americans burdened by insurmountable medical debt.
New York medical debt laws
January 22, 2024
New York City officials have teamed up with a local nonprofit to wipe out $2 billion in medical debt for…
Method Man, Rick Ross, Busta Rhymes, Chuck D, Fat Joe, French Montana, medical price transparency, Power to the Patients, Lower Costs, More Transparency Act, medical debt, theGrio.com
September 26, 2023
As a historic medical price transparency bill is battling its way through Washington, Method Man, Rick Ross, Busta Rhymes, Chuck…
February 22, 2023
Ratings agencies have started making it easier for consumers to prove that they'll able to pay back money they borrow.
Black mortality rates
October 29, 2022
56% of Black adults have an unpaid medical bill, a challenge faced by only 37% of white adults, according to…
Nursing home debt theGrio.com
August 5, 2022
Nursing homes have aggressively gone after loved ones for tens of thousands of dollars, circumventing federal law enacted to protect…
July 17, 2022
North Carolina lawmakers are weighing options that could potentially position the state as a national leader in addressing medical debt.
Stacey Abrams thegrio.com
October 28, 2021
Stacey Abrams' Fair Fight organization donates $1.34 million to the nonprofit RIP Medical Debt to help wipe out medical debt.
July 26, 2021
Shenita Russie, 42, a medical worker from Little Rock, caught the virus while helping others in Boston at the pandemic's…