Does the thought of your medical debt make you feel a little sick? Here's where you can turn for help.

Medical bills that may range from hundreds to thousands of dollars can be stressful and frightening. Debt, especially from events you can’t control, can create an even wider range of emotions. It’s ...

Unfortunately, federal efforts to protect people from crippling medical debt have stalled. This means that now more than ever ...

Medical bills have a way of arriving when life is already stressful. Whether it's a sudden ER visit, a specialist appointment you didn't plan for or a round of tests your insurance didn't fully cover, ...

Don't allow medical debt to make you sick. There are steps you can take to regain control. Despite seniors' access to Medicare, Fidelity Investments' 245th annual Retiree Health Care Cost Estimate ...

For a lot of people in the U.S., a medical crisis is also a financial one. Americans owe at least $220 billion in medical debt, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. As part of our series The Cost of ...

When you receive a medical bill, that dollar amount you're charged doesn't have to necessarily be the final say. Believe it or not, you can actually negotiate your medical bills—even once they're in ...

Medical bills have a way of surprising you, and typically not in a good way. Even routine medical procedures can come with pages of itemized charges, insurance adjustments and remaining balances that ...

Medical bills have a way of showing up when you least expect them. You thought your insurance covered everything. Then the statement arrives, and suddenly you're staring at a balance you didn't plan ...

A single ambulance ride. That's all it might take for a Michigan family to fall into debt they can't shake — thousands of dollars from one night in the emergency room, owed to a hospital they thought ...

Maryland’s new law expands protections for patients with hospital bills. Starting in 2025, hospitals must offer sliding-scale discounts, give patients more time to apply for assistance, and face ...