Undue Medical Debt is retiring unpaid medical bills for 20 million people. The debt trading company that owned them is leaving the market.

Here's what we found: Medical debt can be a fairly ubiquitous problem for Americans receiving health care, whether they planned ahead for treatment or had an unexpected medical expense.

Dane County hospitals didn’t address needs of low-income patients at risk for medical debt in a community needs assessment, as required by law, ABC for Health alleges in a complaint.

Under the programs being negotiated by the World Bank and the IMF with countries eligible for debt relief, government spending on public services—such as preventive health care and primary ...

In addition to relieving debt, Venkat’s bill would also make hospital charity care policies more accessible and transparent. Nonprofit health systems are legally mandated to provide financial ...

Undue Medical Debt is retiring unpaid medical bills for 20 million people. The debt trading company that owned them is ...