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Medical debt lawsuits clog courts as hospitals sue for unpaid medical bills 2 ck4829 Feb 18 Feb 18 12 672

Nearly half of American adults faced medical bill issues in last year - survey 3 ck4829 Nov 2023 Dec 2023 4 1949

Alarming surge in medieval disease in babies as health system dubbed a failure 11 ck4829 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 35 3227

Despite State Measures, New Yorkers Fear Health Care Over Medical Debt Lawsuits 0 ck4829 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 1906

Healthcare Cost Crisis - The World's Costliest Health Care 0 ck4829 Sep 2023 Sep 2023 7 1099

State lawmakers find America's medical debt problem 'can no longer be ignored' 1 ck4829 Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 2645

CEO of HCA hospital in Florida that allegedly had roaches in the operating room leaves job 7 ck4829 Aug 2023 Aug 2023 12 4775

Looking for information please 12 radical noodle Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 1708

URGENT: Does anyone have any experience in a "health benefits plan" as opposed to "insurance." 5 Backseat Driver Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 4971

Health Insurance Sends Letter to Baby Denying Coverage: "You Are Drinking From a Bottle" 10 ck4829 May 2023 May 2023 35 3231

UCHealth named in lawsuit for alleged illegal tactics to sue for medical debt, says it would be 0 ck4829 May 2023 May 2023 3 2785

Report: Credit Scores Are Lower in the South, and Medical Debt Could Be to Blame 1 ck4829 Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 3176

America: Home of the cruelest & most barbaric healthcare 'system' in the developed world 1 Hiawatha Pete Mar 2023 Mar 2023 11 2770

Medical debt affects millions, and advocates push IRS, consumer agency for relief 0 ck4829 Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 1610

Doctor reveals insurance companies want you to 'die as quickly as possible' 10 ck4829 Feb 2023 Feb 2023 17 2644

How a For-Profit Healthcare System Generates Mistrust of Medicine 0 ck4829 Feb 2023 Feb 2023 5 809

US still has the worst, most expensive health care of any high-income country 4 ck4829 Feb 2023 Feb 2023 11 2653

Record High in U.S. Put Off Medical Care Due to Cost in 2022 1 ck4829 Feb 2023 Feb 2023 1 1565

Debt, crowdfunding, or death: America's very broken healthcare system 2 ck4829 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 5 996

It's Getting Tougher to Afford Health Care, Even With Employer-Sponsored Insurance 0 ck4829 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 14 2552

Maternal deaths in the U.S. are staggeringly common. Personal nurses could help 2 ck4829 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 20 2972

Investigation: Many U.S. hospitals sue patients for debts or threaten their credit 2 ck4829 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 12 2755

Lessons from Germany to help solve the U.S. medical debt crisis 4 ck4829 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 8 1061

Half of ambulance rides yield surprise medical bills. What's being done to protect people? 1 ck4829 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 2923

Royal Ransomware Threat Takes Aim at U.S. Healthcare System 6 ck4829 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 10 1273

Hospitals' Dishonest Billing Practices Add More Pain to CA Small Businesses 0 ck4829 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 3 2090

The Most Expensive Health Care in the World Is Far From the Best 24 ck4829 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 66 5604

Medical bills remain inaccessible for many visually impaired Americans 0 ck4829 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 2 789

The US Spends Almost as Much on Healthcare as the Rest of the World Combined and Has One of the 3 ck4829 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 12 2686

How one Ohio city is tackling the 'uniquely American problem' of medical debt 11 ck4829 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 33 6772

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How banks and hospitals are cashing in when patients can't pay for health care 2 ck4829 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 10 1864

They want to buy medical debt and forgive it. Some hospitals are saying: "Pass" 3 ck4829 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 23 2425

Taxpayers foot the bill for medical research, but companies profit. We're paying for drugs twice 5 ck4829 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 12 2207

In Knoxville, the burden of medical debt reinforces a long history of segregation 0 ck4829 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 1559

Jack Shickel lived 35 days. His medical bill was $3.4 million 4 ck4829 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 1 1880

Survey: Nearly half of Americans rate healthcare as poor or failing 7 ck4829 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 1880

Hospital System to Refund Poor Patients Who Were Entitled to Free Care 2 ck4829 Oct 2022 Oct 2022 12 2867

Some hospitals rake in high profits while their patients are loaded with medical debt 2 ck4829 Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 2250

Re-victimization - Rape victims can face huge hospital bills if they seek help 7 ck4829 Sep 2022 Sep 2022 6 1168

Just 12% of Americans Think the US Healthcare System Runs 'Very' or 'Extremely' Well 1 ck4829 Sep 2022 Sep 2022 11 2488

Insurance Refused to Cover Her Vomiting Condition. So She Barfed Outside Their Office. 7 Jilly_in_VA Sep 2022 Sep 2022 22 2899

TikToker says hospital charged her $300 for confirmation of her daughter's death 0 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 1896

1.9m patient records exposed in healthcare debt collector ransomware attack 3 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 6 1091

Nursing homes are suing friends and family to collect on patients' bills 7 ck4829 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 8 3138

The looming disaster in the mental healthcare system 4 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 9 1422

'These hospitals are robbing y'all': Nurse says she's never paid a hospital bill in her life 0 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 6 3012

Jim Hightower: The health care industry's medical debt rip-off 2 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 3 1639

How to Dispute Surprise Medical Bills 0 ck4829 Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 952

He and his wife both got cataract surgery. His bill was 20 times higher than hers 6 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 7 3461

"We didn't have any hope left": Medical debt crippling U.S. families 0 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 8 1662

'Want To Cry': Bill for Uninsured Hospital Stay in Italy Stuns Americans [View all] 52 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 109 7772

Upended: How Medical Debt Changed Their Lives 2 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 4 1165

100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt 1 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 2 1786

Adam Conover of 'Adam Ruins Everything': Most of the numbers on your medical bills are made up 1 ck4829 Jun 2022 Jun 2022 15 2665

The way the United States pays for nurses is broken 3 Jilly_in_VA Jun 2022 Jun 2022 12 1705

WTF is wrong with ....... 2 podex101 May 2021 May 2021 12 6807

Yet another stupid insurance issue, this is so bad 5 RazzleCat Aug 2020 Oct 2020 5 15794

Taxes and Health Care 1 SLClarke Oct 2019 Oct 2019 4 7100

Drugs most people can only dream about. 1 Prosper Sep 2019 Sep 2019 4 7713

I need help thinking this through... 10 JustThinking... Jun 2019 Jul 2019 0 7306

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Military Health System 2 NewEnglandAutumn Mar 2019 Mar 2019 2 2866

How do you move from for profit to single payer/Medicare for all? 34 Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2019 Dec 2020 1 23897

Vice News; Over 60 House Democrats are forming a Medicare for All Caucus 4 disillusioned73 Jul 2018 Jul 2018 14 5735

Boy, it is quiet in here... 9 disillusioned73 Apr 2018 Aug 2019 4 4694

When does Obamacare enrollment end December 15? 5 bucolic_frolic Dec 2017 Dec 2017 0 5246

I think this belomngs here as well.. 0 disillusioned73 Sep 2017 Sep 2017 6 3776

Well.. at least Jimmy Carter supports.. 5 disillusioned73 Jul 2017 Jul 2017 2 5089

This single payer "group" has had NO activity lately.. 5 disillusioned73 Jul 2017 Aug 2017 5 6385

Single payer article/interview worth perusing.. 5 disillusioned73 Jun 2017 Feb 2018 2 5477

Sean Spicer & single payer.. 0 disillusioned73 Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 4479

The Single-Payer Breakthrough in California 3 SHRED Jun 2017 Jun 2017 5 5531

In the mindset of the Trumpeteer: 0 lambchopp59 Mar 2017 Mar 2017 3 4191

Retired Mine Workers Are Getting Their Health Care Cut Off 5 ymetca Mar 2017 Mar 2017 11 5333

My thoughts on Single-Payer 8 SHRED Oct 2016 Jan 2017 3 4424

One Payer States has a Facebook group 0 eridani Jun 2016 Jun 2016 2 6142

Single Payer will "Never Ever Come to Pass" - Hillary Clinton (video) 3 Baobab May 2016 May 2016 1 4474

Poll Says Majority of Americans Prefer 'Medicare For All' Health Care 4 Eugene May 2016 Jun 2016 8 3872

“The right to regulate has to be preserved” How We can make a bigger difference than anything else 0 Baobab May 2016 May 2016 2 3331

The GATS and South Africa's National Health Act: A Cautionary Tale (Threatens Affordable health care 0 Baobab May 2016 May 2016 3 2840

'We need fundamental changes': US doctors call for universal healthcare 4 Eugene May 2016 May 2016 17 2852

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