CFPB research has indicated that medical debt on credit reports is “a poor predictor” of whether a person will repay a loan, ...

Health care debt, a rising issue affecting over 100 million Americans in 2022, disproportionately burdens Black communities due to deeply embedded wealth disparities, a recent investigation by ...

"African Americans don't seek health care until we are really, really sick, and then it costs more," said Tabace Burns, ... And it impacts the level of medical debt." In 'The Bottom' ...

A Trump-appointed federal judge has blocked a key rule that would have removed medical debt from the credit reports of roughly 15 million Americans, dealing a harsh blow to struggling families already ...

"African Americans don't seek health care until we are really, really sick, ... Tabace Burns has seen the impact of all this medical debt and poor health too many times to count.

“This legacy of segregation and structural racism underlies the racial health gap,” she said. “It impacts health outcomes and access. And it impacts the level of medical debt.” In ‘The Bottom’ The ...

Race plays a major role in who is burdened with medical debt, with 27.9 percent of Black households carrying medical debt compared to 17.2 percent of white non-Hispanic households, ...

Americans in the South hold an average of $532 in medical debt, according to a recent study. Nearly 28% of households with a Black member had medical debt compared to 17.2% of White households.

The NCLC reports that “sixty-two percent of bankruptcies are related to medical debt, one in three Black adults have past due medical bills, compared to fewer than one in four White adults, and ...

The study, which used Census data to gauge levels of medical debt, noted that racial inequities in the labor market has had a significant impact on the health of Black Americans, especially since ...

When Dr. H.M. Green opened his new medical office building on East Vine Avenue in 1922, Black Knoxville residents could be seen only in the basement of Knoxville General Hospital. They were barred ...