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Watch: She Almost Died. The $250K Debt Took Their House.
June 21, 2022
Cindy Powers needed 19 surgeries over the course of five years for abdominal problems and life-threatening infections. “I knew of at least three times where she died on the operating table…
Medical Bills Can Shatter Lives. North Carolina May Act to ‘De-Weaponize’ That Debt.
Aneri Pattani
RALEIGH, N.C. — When Erin Williams-Reavis faced a $3,500 surgery bill, the hospital offered to let her pay in $300 monthly installments. It was too much, said Williams-Reavis, 44, who lives in Greensboro, about an hour west…
Medi-Cal Will Cover Doulas at More Than Twice California’s Initial Proposed Rate
Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News
California will cover doula services for low-income residents at more than twice the state’s initial proposed rate under a spending plan lawmakers passed last week.
Some advocates welcomed…
Journalists Dig Deep on Medical Debt and the Boundaries of AI in Health Care
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Watch: Still Paying Off Bills From Twins’ Birth. The Kids Are 10 Now.
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Two Tennessee Abortion Clinics, Awaiting High-Court Ruling, Grapple With Uncertainty
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Corinne Rovetti is worried about what will happen to the Knoxville Center for Reproductive Health if the Supreme Court overturns the constitutional right to abortion. The clinic, where she has worked for 33…
States Extend Medicaid for New Mothers — Even as They Reject Broader Expansion
Sam Whitehead
Until last year, Georgia’s Medicaid coverage for new moms with low incomes lasted 60 days.
That meant the Medicaid benefits of many women expired before they could be referred to other medical providers for…
Nineteen Surgeries Over Five Years. Then They Lost Their House.
Noam N. Levey
It was five years of hell.Jim Powers
Cindy Powers, 52, Greeley, Colorado
Approximate Medical Debt: $250,000
Medical Issue: Twisted intestine
What Happened: Cindy Powers was 34 when doctors discovered…
Damaged Credit Delays the Dream of Buying a Home
Aneri Pattani
It makes me sick about medical costs and how this whole thing is done.Amanda Pitzo
Joe Pitzo, 42, Brookfield, Wisconsin
Approximate medical debt: $350,000
Medical Issue: Cancer
What Happened: Joe Pitzo…
A Sexual Assault and Years of Calls From Debt Collectors
Noam N. Levey
I was being haunted by this zombie bill.Edy Adams
Edy Adams, 31, Austin, Texas
Approximate Medical Debt: $131
Medical Issue: Sexual assault
What Happened: Edy Adams had just graduated from college when…