Tag: medical debt
Lawmakers ease medical debt burden
State leaders still have work to do to ease R.I.’s health care and housing crises but give lawmakers credit for eliminating one often-hidden financial...
Diossa: Relief program has forgiven $10M in medical debt for Rhode...
PROVIDENCE – More than $10 million in medical debt has been forgiven for more than 6,000 Rhode Island residents through the state’s Medical Debt...
Bissaillon resubmits bill to prevent liens on homes over medical debt
PROVIDENCE – Sen. Jacob E. Bissaillon, D-Providence, has introduced legislation to prohibit the attachment of liens against Rhode Islanders’ homes because of medical debt.
The...
Diossa: Relief program has forgiven $7M in medical debt for Rhode...
PROVIDENCE – More than $7 million in medical debt has been forgiven for Rhode Island residents through the state’s Medical Debt Relief Program, R.I....
R.I. Senate leaders unveil 9-bill health care package
PROVIDENCE – The state’s Senate leaders have unveiled another legislative package aimed at improving health care access and affordability.
The unveiling of the nine-bill package...
18% drop since 2020 in people with reported medical debt
WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of people with medical debt on their credit reports fell by 8.2 million – or 17.9% – between 2020...
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