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Medical debt soon will be banned on credit reports under Biden administration rule

CNN

CNN — Americans won’t have to worry about unpaid medical bills damaging their credit reports and scores much longer. The Biden administration is finalizing a rule Tuesday that will end the inclusion of medical debt on credit reports and ban lenders from using certain medical information in loan decisions. The rule will also remove an estimated $49 billion in medical …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Brit holidaymaker, 33, left fighting for his life after his throat was slashed in a 'random attack targeting tourists' at supermarket in Egypt

Daily Mail

A British holidaymaker has been left fighting for his life in Egypt after a random attacker slashed his throat in a supermarket - as his devastated mother pleaded for a Christmas miracle to help save her son. Belgin Seitmola, 33, has been left fighting for his life in Egypt after a random attacker slashed his throat in a supermarket The …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

'Bill of the Month': The series that dissects and slashes medical bills

NPR

'Bill of the Month': The series that dissects and slashes medical bills toggle caption Bram Sable-Smith/KFF Health New Julia Robinson Lauren Justice Heidi de Marco Zack Wittman Nitashia Johnson Kevin Painchaud and Laura Buckman for KFF Health Over 6 1/2 years ago, KFF Health News and NPR kicked off "Bill of the Month," a crowdsourced investigation highlighting the impact of …

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1 month, 1 week ago

The fight against medical debt is pivoting to the states after Trump's election

NPR

The fight against medical debt is pivoting to the states after Trump's election toggle caption adventtr/E+/Getty Images Worried that President-elect Donald Trump will curtail federal efforts to take on the nation's medical debt problem, patient and consumer advocates are looking to states to help people who can't afford their medical bills or pay down their debts. "The election simply shifts …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

I fell severely ill with E Coli after eating McDonald's Quarter Pounder - here's what it felt like and why I'm suing

Daily Mail

Clarissa DeBrock is suing McDonald's after she ate one of the fast-food giant's famous burgers and was admitted to hospital with E.coli. Ms DeBrock, 33, consumed a Quarter Pounder with her fiancé and two-year-old son Kai at her local McDonald's in North Platte, Nebraska, last month. Investigators believe the E.coli outbreak stems from the onions used in McDonald's Quarter Pounders …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Different types of health plans in India

Hindustan Times

A medical emergency can strike at any time and create significant mental and financial stress. A health insurance policy covers the following expenses of policyholders: Hospital bills Pre- and post-hospitalisation expenses Home healthcare Daycare procedures Organ donor expenses AYUSH treatments Road ambulance bills Pre-existing diseases Preventive health check-ups Different types of health plans in India The following are some important …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

New Biden administration rule would ban medical debt from credit reports

Raw Story

Originally published by The 19th. Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday announced a new effort to ban medical debt from credit reports, something that would ease a burden that falls most heavily on women and Black people. “No one should be denied access to economic opportunity simply because they experienced a medical emergency.” Federal efforts to remove medical debt from …

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7 months ago

The White House wants to remove medical debt from credit scores. Here’s why that’s a big deal

LA Times

A proposed rule would remove as much as $49 billion of medical debts that currently lower the credit scores for 15 million Americans. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has proposed a rule that would remove medical bills from credit reports, a ban that would prevent lenders from considering those debts when making decisions about whether to issue loans. “Medical bills …

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8 months ago

Their first baby came with medical debt. These Illinois parents won't have another.

NPR

Their first baby came with medical debt. Enlarge this image toggle caption Neeta Satam for KFF Health News Neeta Satam for KFF Health News JACKSONVILLE, Ill. — Heather Crivilare was a month from her due date when she was rushed to an operating room for an emergency cesarean section. Enlarge this image toggle caption Neeta Satam for KFF Health News …

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8 months, 1 week ago

House owner booked after 8-year-old girl contacts high tension wire in Mohali’s village

Hindustan Times

Mother struggling to bear medical expenses Days after an eight-year-old girl suffered around 80% burn injuries after coming in contact with 66kv high tension wires near afour-storey rented accomodation in Bar Majra, Balongi police booked the owner of the property. With the help of neighbours, I rushed her to the local civil hospital in phase-6 where doctors referred her to …

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11 months, 1 week ago

每日一词|跨省异地就医直接结算 direct settlements of cross-provincial medical bills

China Daily

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1 year, 1 month ago

Here’s how a health savings account works. Spoiler: It can be a stealth retirement fund

LA Times

Health savings accounts offer a rare triple tax break and can be rolled over from year to year, allowing the balance to grow and be invested. If you do need to access your HSA funds, you can use your employer-provided card to pay medical bills or submit receipts to the HSA administrator for reimbursement. Explaining required minimum distributions Dear Liz: …

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1 year, 3 months ago

White House aiming to scrub medical debt from people’s credit scores, which could up ratings for millions

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris said Thursday that the Biden administration is taking the first steps toward removing medical bills from people’s credit scores, which could improve ratings for millions of people. The agency said in a statement that including medical debt in credit scores is problematic because “mistakes and inaccuracies in medical billing are common.” “Access to health …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Helton teams up with organization to eliminate $10 million in medical bills for Colorado residents

The Independent

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1 year, 4 months ago

A health crisis brings high medical bills. Here are tips for dealing with the costs

LA Times

It’s understandable to worry about medical bills after a cancer diagnosis or other serious health issue. Your Medicare supplement plan — also known as a Medigap plan — is designed to cover some or all of the costs not paid by traditional Medicare, including co-payments, co-insurance and deductibles. You may be able to seek out cheaper prescriptions through online pharmacies, …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Supreme Court Directs Insurance Company To Pay 4 Lakh To Insured Who Incurred Medical Expenses For Treatment Of Person Injured In Motor Accident

Live Law

The Supreme Court held that the insurance company was liable to reimburse the claimant when he had duly placed on record the evidence of him paying the medical bills of a person injured in a motor accident in respect of which there is third-party insurance coverage. The court further observed, “the appellant herein has been not only deprived of the …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Are you confronting a big medical bill? Attack it with a plan — and these tips

Associated Press

An enormous medical bill can trigger a wave of panic, but try to resist. “Especially if it’s a really high bill, consider it like an opening offer,” says Caitlin Donovan, a spokesperson for the nonprofit Patient Advocate Foundation, which helps critically or chronically ill patients deal with debt and insurance problems. Outside help might also include a state attorney general’s …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Medical bills pushed a Santa Monica family into poverty. They’re not alone

LA Times

One in 10 Los Angeles County residents are burdened with medical debt, according to new research from Los Angeles County’s Department of Public Health. “There’s ways that medical debt could not only put people in financial jeopardy, but also could actually worsen their health,” said Dr. Will Nicholas, the director of the center for health impact evaluation at the Department …

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2 years ago

What Germany’s coal miners can teach America about medical debt

Salon

PÜTTLINGEN, Germany — Almost every day, Dr. Eckart Rolshoven sees the long shadow of coal mining in his clinic near the big brownstone church that dominates this small town in Germany's Saarland. "It's a huge problem here," said Jessica Ice, executive director of West Virginians for Affordable Health Care. "Access to medical care with minimal costs for patients has been …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Why Black Americans are more likely to be saddled with medical debt

NPR

Why Black Americans are more likely to be saddled with medical debt Enlarge this image toggle caption Jamar Coach for KHN and NPR Jamar Coach for KHN and NPR When Dr. H.M. Green opened his new medical office building on East Vine Avenue in 1922, Black Knoxville residents could be seen only in the basement of Knoxville General Hospital. "African …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Why investigate one patient's charges?

NPR

Why investigate one patient's charges? NPR does explain the purpose of the series: "Journalists from Kaiser Health News and NPR will be looking at surprising medical bills and figuring out what they can tell us about the health care system." NPR Managing Editor for Standards and Practices Tony Cavin said NPR hasn't issued specific advice to its journalists on the …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Some medical debt is being removed from US credit reports

Associated Press

Help is coming for many people with medical debt on their credit reports. Starting Friday, the three major U.S. credit reporting companies will stop counting paid medical debt on the reports that banks, potential landlords and others use to judge creditworthiness. Credit reporting companies also are considering whether medical debt should remain on the reports, said Justin Hakes, a vice …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Homes lost. Savings destroyed. How medical debt has upended these people’s lives

LA Times

Some lost their homes. Ward and her husband are also among tens of millions of Americans who end up with medical debt because their health plan didn’t pay for something they believed would be covered. What’s broken: Difficulties with health insurance are a common feature of medical debt in the U.S. Approximate medical debt: $850,000 Medical issue: Colon surgery What …

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2 years, 6 months ago

A startling number of people in America are saddled with health care debt

Raw Story

Elizabeth Woodruff drained her retirement account and took on three jobs after she and her husband were sued for nearly $10,000 by the New York hospital where his infected leg was amputated. In the past five years, more than half of U.S. adults report they’ve gone into debt because of medical or dental bills, the KFF poll found. “It seems …

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Medical debt soon will be banned on credit reports under Biden administration rule

Brit holidaymaker, 33, left fighting for his life after his throat was slashed in a 'random attack targeting tourists' at supermarket in Egypt

'Bill of the Month': The series that dissects and slashes medical bills

The fight against medical debt is pivoting to the states after Trump's election

I fell severely ill with E Coli after eating McDonald's Quarter Pounder - here's what it felt like and why I'm suing

Different types of health plans in India

New Biden administration rule would ban medical debt from credit reports

The White House wants to remove medical debt from credit scores. Here’s why that’s a big deal

Their first baby came with medical debt. These Illinois parents won't have another.

House owner booked after 8-year-old girl contacts high tension wire in Mohali’s village

每日一词|跨省异地就医直接结算 direct settlements of cross-provincial medical bills

Here’s how a health savings account works. Spoiler: It can be a stealth retirement fund

White House aiming to scrub medical debt from people’s credit scores, which could up ratings for millions

Helton teams up with organization to eliminate $10 million in medical bills for Colorado residents

A health crisis brings high medical bills. Here are tips for dealing with the costs

Supreme Court Directs Insurance Company To Pay 4 Lakh To Insured Who Incurred Medical Expenses For Treatment Of Person Injured In Motor Accident

Are you confronting a big medical bill? Attack it with a plan — and these tips

Medical bills pushed a Santa Monica family into poverty. They’re not alone

What Germany’s coal miners can teach America about medical debt

Why Black Americans are more likely to be saddled with medical debt

Why investigate one patient's charges?

Some medical debt is being removed from US credit reports

Homes lost. Savings destroyed. How medical debt has upended these people’s lives

A startling number of people in America are saddled with health care debt