Medical Debt

Will Your Children Inherit Your Debt?

Jim T. Miller | Posted 04.11.2012

Jim T. Miller

Dear Savvy Senior What happens to a person's debt after they die? At age 78, I have accumulated quite a bit of credit card and medical debt over the p...

The $83,000 Finger: Insurance May Not Protect You From Large Medical Bills

Credit.com | Posted 04.03.2012

Credit.com

Think you're covered when it comes to your medical bills because you have good health insurance? Don't be so sure.

How We All Got Stuck Paying the Medical Bills of the Woman Who Sued to Kill Obamacare

Wendell Potter | Posted 05.12.2012

Wendell Potter

It is people who have decided not to buy coverage -- but who nevertheless get sick or injured and seek medical care when they do, even if they don't have the money to pay for it -- that make health insurance so expensive for the rest of us.

The Ugly Effect Of Medical Bills

AP | CARLA K. JOHNSON | Posted 05.05.2012

CHICAGO — Mike and Laura Park thought their credit record was spotless. The Texas couple wanted to take advantage of low interest rates, so they...

Medical Bills Drive Americans Into Bankruptcy

The Huffington Post | William Alden | Posted 10.19.2011

As the economic recovery remains slow, many Americans have found that basic payments have suddenly become unaffordable. Those payments include medi...

Medical Debt Is Deadly

Jose A. Garcia | Posted 05.25.2011

Jose A. Garcia

Currently, we're in the throes of a hugely cynical election cycle--one where many candidates are exploiting economic anxiety while offering few specif...

Widow Stuck With Bill After Insurer Approved Husband's Treatment

Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. Fanny Gonzalez's husband ...

Immigrant Family Fears Foreclosure Of American Dream

The Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011

As part of the Huffington Post's effort to bear witness to the effects of the current economic environment on ordinary Americans, we're rounding up so...