Two state-run health care programs that extend Medicaid-like coverage to noncitizens may have provided significant financial ...

A new study details the economic lift of Illinois' programs meant to provide health care coverage to immigrant populations.

That’s according to preliminary results of an ongoing study at the University of Chicago that suggests the programs ...

Two state-run healthcare programs that extend Medicaid-like coverage to noncitizens may have provided significant financial ...

More than 1 in 7 adults reported carrying medical debt in 2023, and of these, 1 in 3 forwent mental health care in the subsequent year.

Although America's approximately 3,000 nonprofit hospitals are required by law to provide free or discounted medical care to those who cannot afford it, a CBS News investigation found hundreds of ...

Of U.S. adults surveyed, 15.3% reported having medical debt in 2023. Approximately 1/3 of adults with past-year medical debt had forgone mental health care ... and Addiction Policy at the ...

More than one in seven adults reported carrying medical debt in 2023, and of these, one in three forwent mental health ... or forgo needed care," the authors write. "Several policy efforts to ...

They’re in the business of providing healthcare. They’re not in the business of financial care.” Hospitals and ... companies in healthcare pursuing bad debt, he said.