Medical Debt

As you grow older, you can expect more visits to the doctor for various ailments. That means rising medical bills. If you are on a fixed income, the payments can threaten your standard of living.  While you may feel helpless, you have several options for help with...

There is no way around the fact that suffering from a sudden and serious illness or injury in this country is an expensive prospect. Like elsewhere in the country, Texas residents who have health insurance often find out that it provides only a false sense of...

States had the option to opt into the expansion of Medicaid offered by the Affordable Care Act or not. Texas decided not to do so. It appears that millions of dollars in medical debt across the state was the result. According to recent data compiled by the...

JAMA Internal Medicine recently published the findings of a study conducted between 2010 and 2016 by researchers at Stanford University. It took years thereafter to compile the data. What it discovered is that the number of patients being surprised by large...

Recovering from the great recession did not include saving up for major health care expenses. Most people here in Texas and across the country felt fortunate they managed to get through it with their homes, their jobs and perhaps, some savings. Even so, an unexpected...

Few people here in Texas, or elsewhere for that matter, have the financial resources needed for extensive, and expensive, hospital care. A sudden serious illness or injury can wipe out a person's finances in no time. That medical debt can follow him or her for months...

Paying for medical care can be tough, but most people in Texas hope that they will be able to tackle bills as they arise. Unfortunately, this is often not the case. Millions of people in America are struggling with medical debt. While most people truly want to pay off...

Like other families across the country, many here in Texas struggle financially. One of the reasons for some families' struggles is due to medical debt. Even a brief trip to the emergency room can cost thousands of dollars, even with health insurance. For...

Any Texas resident who has spent any amount of time in a doctor's office or hospital knows how expensive it is to be sick or injured. It probably will not come as a surprise to know that medical debt leads to numerous bankruptcy filings across the country every year....

Getting sick or injured here in Texas or elsewhere in the country can be expensive. Even with health insurance, some people end up owing thousands of dollars in medical debt. Anyone experiencing this right now should know that others are going through the same thing....