Press Featured January 18, 2023End Medical Debt: Fight Grows to Stop Hospitals from Suing Patients, Garnishing Wages, Ruining Credit April 14, 2023States confront medical debt that’s bankrupting millions March 31, 2023 Health care trends bleak under insurance system March 28, 2023OpEd: New York Should Expand Health Coverage and Tackle Medical Debt Latest August 11, 2023Got Medicaid? Renew Your Coverage to Keep It That Way July 30, 2023NYC launches program to wipe out millions of dollars in patients’ medical debt July 26, 2023Q&A: Nonprofit leader on the ‘Herculean’ effort to maintain Medicaid coverage for New Yorkers July 12, 2023 Some NY hospitals nixed medical debt lawsuits. Others sued 1,600 patients for $9M June 22, 2023 NY greenlights bill keeping medical debt from harming credit reports. What it means June 21, 2023 NY Dems Pass Medical Debt Relief as Progressives Push to Expand Healthcare to Undocumented Residents June 21, 2023 Health Care Advocates Celebrate Passage of Medical Debt Relief in New York June 21, 2023 NY Dems Pass Medical Debt Relief as Progressives Push to Expand Healthcare to Undocumented Residents June 20, 2023New York could change how medical debt impacts consumers June 15, 2023 How to Fight Back When Your Health Insurance Won’t Cover Treatment June 7, 2023 Feds Would Likely Foot The Bill For Undocumented Health Coverage. Albany Has Days to Act. June 1, 2023Policymakers inch toward ‘coverage for all’ May 26, 2023Hospitals’ Bid for Quick Cash Leaves Patients Worse Off May 18, 2023 SUNY Chancellor weighs in on Upstate, other NY hospitals’ high rate of suing over unpaid bills May 16, 2023Medical debt persists for thousands of New Yorkers April 25, 2023Medical debt reform requires changes to New York hospital financial aid policies, report says March 27, 2023Safety-net providers sue to stop Medicaid carveout March 27, 2023FDNY proposes largest price hike for city ambulance services in two decades March 24, 2023FDNY holds public hearing on proposed ambulance rate hike March 23, 2023Ambulance rides are a major cause of medical debt. FDNY still wants to raise the cost. – Gothamist March 15, 2023Commentary: Medical debt can trap anyone. The state has a chance to help. February 5, 2023OpEd: Public Money Should Be Used for Public Good in New York’s Hospital System January 24, 2023Eliminating Healthcare Debt: A Liberatory Approach – Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly January 18, 2023End Medical Debt: The Fight to Stop Hospitals from Suing Patients, Garnishing Wages, Ruining Credi January 18, 2023Fight Grows to Stop Medical Debt From Destroying Patients’ Lives December 9, 2022Capital Region advocates call for end to medical debt December 5, 2022Patients with medical debt will no longer have wages garnished, liens placed on homes – Newsday November 28, 2022New York hospitals can no longer place liens, garnish wages due to medical debt November 29, 2022NY ends home liens, wage garnishments in medical-debt collection. What you should know October 20, 2022The Mysterious Patient in Room 23: The Hermit Baroness October 14, 2022Protect working class N.Y. from medical debt October 14, 2022Consumer Protections Eyed For Health Care System October 12, 2022 It’s time to end medical debt in Syracuse (Guest Opinion by Ursula Rozum) August 23, 2022 The Editorial Board: Hospitals should help low-income patients, not sue them August 11, 2022Almost useless’: Patients, advocates critical of federal pace to unlock hospital prices July 28, 2022 Report: Some aggressive hospitals in New York are garnishing wages of poor patients July 21, 2022Hospitals’ wage garnishment disproportionately hits lower-income patients, report finds July 20, 2022Nonprofit New York hospitals keep suing patients for their wages. Gov. Kathy Hochul has a chance to end it July 1, 2022Some medical debt is being removed from US credit reports June 6, 2022Legal ruling equips New Yorkers with new tool to fight medical debt May 12, 2022Legislature OKs ban on liens, wage garnishment by NY hospitals May 9, 2022How New York is considering ways of easing medical debt May 9, 2022Advocates: Bar hospitals from filing home liens, garnishing wages over medical debt March 10, 2022New poll highlights New Yorkers’ concerns about health care affordability and access. Here’s what it found January 27, 2022Hospitals’ price transparency lists are ‘lipstick on a pig,’ don’t entirely lay out costs to consumers January 12, 2022 How New York could cover its 1 million uninsured residents Related Reports CSS NY: Discharged Into Debt Series Living with a Debt Sentence Medical Debt in New York State Varies Widely across Regions and Communities
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