Medical Debt

Medical procedures can be unexpected and unavoidable. The medical bills can be just as unexpected, especially when you are contacted by a debt collection company.

NBC 7’s Sergio Flores looked at a recent report highlighting errors in the collection of medical debt.

Efforts are afoot to reduce the impact of unpaid medical debt on consumers, yet more could be done, advocates say.

No one likes surprises, especially when it’s a medical bill totaling hundreds, even thousands of dollars. Unsuspecting consumers have complained about them for years, and now there’s a Federal law that should help.

Insured patients will be protected be from unexpected charges if an out-of-network clinician takes part in a surgery or procedure conducted at an in-network hospital.

Getting an expensive medical bill can be overwhelming, but negotiating with your doctor doesn’t have to be. Here are a few easy ways to see if you can get your medical bills lowered, even if you don’t have insurance.

Many sick or ailing Americans who have taken on copious amounts of medical debt during the pandemic’s economic crisis haven’t been able to go back to work even as the bills pile up

Data analyzed by researchers at the UCONN Health Disparities Institute show acute care hospitals in Connecticut filed more than 25,000 lawsuits against their patients in 2015 and 2016.