medical debt

Politics

How a Drug Pricing Program is Driving Up Healthcare Costs in Illinois

Kalvin Pugh, Community Action National Network - May 28, 2025

It's time to correct the course on 340B in Illinois... #340B

Community

Taxpayer-subsidized medical debt relief program ready for Pritzker’s desk

Glenn Minnis | The Center Square - June 16, 2024

If approved by the governor, the five-year pilot program will work with a nonprofit to use $10 million to pay off up to $1 billion in medical debt. #medicaldebt

National

Some Hospitals Kept Suing Patients Over Medical Debt Through the Pandemic

Silence DoGood - June 16, 2021

Court actions by hospitals to collect patient debt dropped sharply during the pandemic. But a new study says some of the nation’s largest hospital systems kept filing lawsuits, liens and garnishments — and most were nonprofit.

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