Picture a room with 100 people in it — just regular adults, people with jobs and monthly bills and credit scores. In America, if that room contains a sufficient cross section of the population, as many as 40 people will have debt stemming from medical or dental care, according to one national survey. Two out of […] The post The $1.3 billion-plus problem: Explaining medical debt in Colorado appeared first on Colorado Newsline.
Many Filipino patients are turning to cheaper supplements that are unlikely to treat their conditions, as they are unable to afford medicine prescribed by their doctors.
Former US surgeon general Jerome Adams was stuck with an eye-watering medical bill of nearly $5,000 after being treated for a simple case of dehydration following an overnight stay at an Arizona hospital last January.
When President Barack Obama signed legislation in 2010 to create the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, he said the new agency had one priority: “looking out for people, not big banks, not lenders, not investment houses.” Since then, the CFPB has done its share of policing mortgage brokers, student loan companies, and banks. But as the […] The post With medical debt burdening millions, a financial regulator steps in to help appeared first on Arkansas Advocate.