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Unacceptable 1 ck4829 Apr 2026 Apr 2026 8 953
Not even doctors are exempt from the absurdity of medical bills in the US - Doctor hit with surprise $57,000 bill 1 ck4829 Tuesday Tuesday 12 392
Medical bills are too unreliable to be on credit reports - Rep. backs push to ban medical debt on credit reports 0 ck4829 Jul 9 Jul 9 9 384
US to Germany: Yeah, your people aren't paying enough for prescription drugs 1 ck4829 Jun 20 Jun 20 4 736
Report for the month of April for "Unacceptable" 1 ck4829 May 1 May 1 10 863
Scams 101: Turn your entire medical bill into 1 dollar and a whole quarter is just "processing" that medical bill 3 ck4829 Apr 30 Apr 30 2 908
World's Greatest Healthcare System for patients... or for debt collectors? New report exposes "medical debt ecosystem" 2 ck4829 Apr 2026 Apr 2026 8 907
Some respite from the extremism of absurd medical bills: Governor Mills Signs Law to Strengthen Protections for Maine 2 ck4829 Apr 2026 Apr 2026 5 834
Gol... Golden Age? Many Americans plan to cut food to afford ACA health insurance, new poll shows 3 ck4829 Apr 2026 Apr 2026 5 1040
All lives matter more than healthcare profits: A dystopian milestone, 1 million medical debt lawsuits in Virginia 0 ck4829 Mar 2026 Mar 2026 5 834
Too bad our country prioritized the feelz of people who want witch trials back instead: Stem cells for heart failure 1 ck4829 Mar 2026 Mar 2026 5 861
Let's check on that "Golden Age"... "Debt collection lawsuits are rising in U.S. states." Oh. 0 ck4829 Feb 2026 Feb 2026 3 1198
Our data is not safe in the healthcare system - Munson Healthcare confirms data breach involving patient information 1 ck4829 Jan 2026 Jan 2026 4 2161
Our data is not safe in the healthcare system - TMH sends letters to more patients impacted by June data breach 2 ck4829 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 1466
Make America Healthy Again? US measles cases surpass 2,000, highest in 30 years: CDC 1 ck4829 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 4 1119
Some respite from the extremism of absurd medical bills - This non-profit quietly cancels $133M medical debt for Nevada 1 ck4829 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 16 1503
Extremism of absurd medical bills - These Health Centers Are Supposed to Make Care Affordable. One Has Sued Patients for 0 ck4829 Dec 2025 Dec 2025 2 1203
Some respite from the extremism of absurd medical bills - Michigan lawmakers introducing legislation aimed at reducing 1 ck4829 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 5 1537
An Arm and a Leg: This health economist wants your medical bills 1 ck4829 Nov 2025 Nov 2025 7 1551
"Leave it to the states" is dead. Trump works against state moves to bar unreliable medical debt from credit reports 2 ck4829 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 1 1748
Measles Public Health Emergency - Frustration grows amid measles outbreak quarantines across several states 1 ck4829 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 6 1542
What exactly are medical bills paying for anyway? Cutting-edge innovation, yeah? Surely not stadium names, right? 3 ck4829 Oct 2025 Oct 2025 4 1842
Credit Report Credibility Crisis - Medical Debt Will No Longer Play a Role in Calculating Mainers' Credit Scores 0 ck4829 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 1 1731
Fighting extremism of absurd medical bills - Aggressive medical debt collection practices target of bipartisan Ohio bill 1 ck4829 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 1708
Extremism of absurd medical bills - "Medical debt collectors are hounding my 9-year-old son" 2 ck4829 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 7 3752
Measles Public Health Emergency - Measles outbreak growing in parts of Arizona and Utah, health officials say 1 ck4829 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 6 3463
Credit Report Credibility Crisis - WA Senate approves measure to remove medical debt from credit score reporting 3 ck4829 Sep 2025 Sep 2025 2 1984
New bill in California could make the fight against extremism of absurd medical bills easier 1 ck4829 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 3 1833
Our data is not safe in the healthcare system - Data breach of patient info reported at Miami-area hospital. 3 ck4829 Aug 2025 Aug 2025 6 2190
Justice desperately needed for all the "Pats": yet another heartbreaking illustration of why we must get single payer! 6 IGoToDU Jul 2025 Aug 2025 14 3009

Single Payer Health Systems Continued...

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Innovation should mean more than new charges on your medical bill - NIH Budget Cuts Threaten to Cripple US public health 3 ck4829 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 7 2258
Some respite from the extremism of absurd medical bills - Cook County Erases $665M in Medical Debt for More Than 0 ck4829 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 5 1753
Credit Report Credibility Crisis - Oncologist: Medical bills on credit reports punishes people for having cancer 4 ck4829 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 11 2443
Our data is not safe in the healthcare system - Central Maine Healthcare faces six class-action lawsuits over data 2 ck4829 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 3 2029
Our data is not safe in the healthcare system - More than 2,000 in New Hampshire impacted by data breach at St. Joseph 4 ck4829 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 2 2581
Our data is not safe in the hands of the healthcare system - Over 5.4 Million Affected in Healthcare Data Breach 1 ck4829 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 3 1972
Some relief from the extremism of absurd medical bills - Governor Whitmer announces $144 million in medical debt relief 2 ck4829 Jul 2025 Jul 2025 6 1973
World's greatest healthcare system for patients or world's greatest healthcare system for hackers looking to steal data? 1 ck4829 Jun 2025 Jul 2025 1 2106
Facing sky-high medical bills? Your hospital may have overcharged you 3 ck4829 Jun 2025 Jun 2025 2 2538
Medical bills are too arbitrary to be a part of credit reports. Oregon lawmakers pass bill to keep medical debt off 0 ck4829 Jun 2025 Jun 2025 7 1934
Debt Collector Data Breach Affects 200,000 Harbin Clinic Patients 2 ck4829 Jun 2025 Jun 2025 1 2383
Maine bill banning medical debt from credit reports held to governor's desk 0 ck4829 Jun 2025 Jun 2025 4 1984
What exactly are medical bills paying for anyway? Not information security by the looks of it. 2 ck4829 May 2025 May 2025 2 3177
Medical Debt Collector Data Breach Alert - Georgia, New York residents sue over Nationwide Recovery Services data breach 0 ck4829 Apr 2025 Apr 2025 5 2387
Don't fall for these myths on prior authorization 0 ck4829 Apr 2025 Apr 2025 8 2411
What exactly are medical bills paying for anyway? Not address books or competent debt collectors apparently. 1 ck4829 Apr 2025 Apr 2025 2 14034
What exactly are medical bills paying for anyway? Not information security apparently. 2 ck4829 Mar 2025 Apr 2025 1 2909
Measles Public Health Emergency - Time to declare measles un-eliminated in the US? 1 ck4829 Apr 2025 Apr 2025 4 2318
Ridiculous medical bill alert - $874 because holding a nurse's hand is "physical therapy", 12k (!) for changed sheets 5 ck4829 Apr 2025 Apr 2025 4 3675
Measles Public Health Emergency - CDC buries information as the Texas Strain continues to spread 3 ck4829 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 2928
What exactly are medical bills paying for anyway? Not longer lifespans. 0 ck4829 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 2281
Help with medical bills difficult to access despite hospital charity rules, study finds 0 ck4829 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 2407
Measles Public Health Emergency - More US states report measles cases amid vaccine misinformation 2 ck4829 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 6 2761
Australians, outraged when surgical bills reach *hundreds of dollars*, get government to update cost comparing site 0 ck4829 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 2306
What exactly are medical bills paying for anyway? Not measles eradication. 0 ck4829 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 3 2316
Measles Public Health Emergency - 2025 cases surpass all of 2024's cases 0 ck4829 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 2142
Woman wakes up to 65k medical bill because emergency helicopter ride for sudden cardiac arrest was not "pre-authorized" 2 ck4829 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 5 3165
Americans borrowed $74 billion to cover medical bills. Here's who paid the most. 1 ck4829 Mar 2025 Mar 2025 11 5429
How to Not Pay Your Medical Bills 2 ck4829 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 1 3209
Fraudulent Medical Bills Alert! Are your medical bills "upcoded"? RAND says there is a strong possibility 4 ck4829 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 3443

Single Payer Health Systems Continued...

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UnitedHealthcare Threatens Legal Action Against Doctor Who Says They Interrupted Her in the Middle of Surgery 2 ck4829 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 22 3193
Program to erase medical debt in Wayne Co. shows insured workers may be struggling most 0 ck4829 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 3695
'It's a death sentence': US health insurance system is failing, say doctors 4 ck4829 Feb 2025 Feb 2025 17 3815
'Would he have lived?' When insurance companies deny cancer care to patients 2 ck4829 Dec 2024 Jan 2025 6 3268
Bipartisan Senate report slams private equity's "detrimental effects" on hospitals 2 ck4829 Jan 2025 Jan 2025 9 3035
'Bill of the Month': The series that dissects and slashes medical bills 0 ck4829 Dec 2024 Dec 2024 4 2564
The Most Expensive Health Care in the World Is Far From the Best 25 ck4829 Dec 2022 Dec 2024 69 14637
Can you ignore a medical bill? 6 ck4829 Oct 2024 Oct 2024 3 5030
Medical debt doubles risk of skipping mental health care for depression and anxiety 1 ck4829 Jul 2024 Aug 2024 3 3006
Woman threatened with getting her wages garnished over fraudulent medical bills, even when she was at work 0 ck4829 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 17 3615
Medical debt lawsuits clog courts as hospitals sue for unpaid medical bills 3 ck4829 Feb 2024 May 2024 13 4098
Nearly half of American adults faced medical bill issues in last year - survey 3 ck4829 Nov 2023 Dec 2023 4 5229
Alarming surge in medieval disease in babies as health system dubbed a failure 11 ck4829 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 35 8726
Despite State Measures, New Yorkers Fear Health Care Over Medical Debt Lawsuits 0 ck4829 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 4322
Healthcare Cost Crisis - The World's Costliest Health Care 0 ck4829 Sep 2023 Sep 2023 7 3530
State lawmakers find America's medical debt problem 'can no longer be ignored' 1 ck4829 Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 5404
CEO of HCA hospital in Florida that allegedly had roaches in the operating room leaves job 7 ck4829 Aug 2023 Aug 2023 12 9428
Looking for information please 12 radical noodle Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 7307
URGENT: Does anyone have any experience in a "health benefits plan" as opposed to "insurance." 5 Backseat Driver Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 8764
Health Insurance Sends Letter to Baby Denying Coverage: "You Are Drinking From a Bottle" 10 ck4829 May 2023 May 2023 35 8307
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