/tags/debt Debt en-US Copyright Wed, 30 Oct 2024 14:10:57 GMT /news/2024-10-30/north-carolina-health-hospital-systems-cancel-old-medical-debt-judgments A month after Atrium announced it was erasing thousands of judgments filed against patients for medical debt, four other N.C. hospitals with large numbers of medical debt lawsuits said they have taken the same step. Wed, 30 Oct 2024 14:10:57 GMT /news/2024-10-30/north-carolina-health-hospital-systems-cancel-old-medical-debt-judgments Michelle Crouch | North Carolina Health News, The Charlotte Ledger /health/2024-08-13/nc-hospitals-debt-reduction-unc-health-duke-wakemed-atrium-wake-forest North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper says nearly 100 hospitals have agreed to participate in a first-of-its-kind initiative that could help low- and middle-income patients get rid of billions of dollars in debt. These hospitals will get even higher Medicaid payments if medical debt on their books get cleared and they carry out ways for future patients to avoid liabilities. Tue, 13 Aug 2024 15:14:16 GMT /health/2024-08-13/nc-hospitals-debt-reduction-unc-health-duke-wakemed-atrium-wake-forest Associated Press /health/2024-07-29/north-carolina-medicaid-carrot-hospitals-patient-debt Federal Medicaid regulators have signed off on a proposal by North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's administration to offer hospitals a financial incentive to eliminate patients' medical debt. Mon, 29 Jul 2024 20:09:45 GMT /health/2024-07-29/north-carolina-medicaid-carrot-hospitals-patient-debt Associated Press /health/2023-12-12/charlotte-hospitals-say-no-thanks-to-charitys-efforts-to-erase-medical-debt Atrium and Novant won’t sell their debt to a charity that buys medical debt and forgives it, saying they already have charity care policies. A retired Atrium physician is on a quest to change that. Tue, 12 Dec 2023 20:22:47 GMT /health/2023-12-12/charlotte-hospitals-say-no-thanks-to-charitys-efforts-to-erase-medical-debt Michelle Crouch | North Carolina Health News, The Charlotte Ledger /health/2023-10-16/atrium-health-halts-lawsuits-against-patients-for-unpaid-medical-bills A decision to halt seeking medical payments was praised by critics who have long said it’s not right for a publicly chartered, multibillion-dollar, nonprofit hospital to take patients to court for medical costs that are often out of their control. Mon, 16 Oct 2023 14:03:28 GMT /health/2023-10-16/atrium-health-halts-lawsuits-against-patients-for-unpaid-medical-bills Michelle Crouch/The Charlotte Ledger/NC Health News /politics/2023-04-19/proposed-consumer-protections-medical-debt-legislative-roadblocks State Treasurer Dale Folwell is calling on North Carolina lawmakers to pass new consumer protections addressing medical debt collections. Wed, 19 Apr 2023 17:41:50 GMT /politics/2023-04-19/proposed-consumer-protections-medical-debt-legislative-roadblocks Colin Campbell /politics/2023-04-05/nc-lawmakers-want-to-help-domestic-violence-victims-with-coerced-debt A bipartisan group of state lawmakers wants to address an aspect of domestic violence that few people think of: the financial debt that victims are stuck with long after they leave an abusive relationship. Wed, 05 Apr 2023 21:10:54 GMT /politics/2023-04-05/nc-lawmakers-want-to-help-domestic-violence-victims-with-coerced-debt Colin Campbell /business-economy/2020-07-27/unpaid-bills-drive-nc-families-to-financial-brink As many as 1 million families in North Carolina have fallen behind on their electric, water and sewage bills, threatening residents and their cities with… Mon, 27 Jul 2020 19:31:25 GMT /business-economy/2020-07-27/unpaid-bills-drive-nc-families-to-financial-brink The Washington Post /show/the-state-of-things/2016-06-30/deep-dive-on-the-student-debt-crisis Forty-two million people in the United States owe $1.3 trillion in student debt, according to a recent report from Reveal radio program in conjunction… Thu, 30 Jun 2016 16:30:37 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2016-06-30/deep-dive-on-the-student-debt-crisis Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /education/2016-06-30/deep-dive-on-the-student-debt-crisis Forty-two million people in the United States owe $1.3 trillion in student debt, according to a recent report from Reveal radio program in conjunction… Thu, 30 Jun 2016 16:30:37 GMT /education/2016-06-30/deep-dive-on-the-student-debt-crisis Anita Rao, Frank Stasio