Advocates at the National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) applaud a series of actions announced today by the Biden-Harris Administration to provide debt relief to struggling consumers and to address illegal debt collection.
Appearing in KFF Health News on September 25, 2024, before dozens of other California-based and national media outlets, Molly Castle Work interviews Chi Chi Wu for coverage of how Californians with medical debt will no longer have to worry about unpaid medical bills showing up on their credit reports under legislation signed Tuesday by Gov.…
Airing on NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt on September 14, 2024, and running in NBC News and its syndicates, Berneta Haynes interviews with Gretchen Morgenson for coverage of the medical debt crisis and Atrium Health’s aggressive pursuit to collect debts. Medical debt is a “problem that is uniquely American,” said Berneta Haynes, senior attorney at…
To improve access to healthcare for people leaving incarceration, CMS is proposing to change the definition of “custody” for the purposes of Medicare eligibility rules and the Medicare special enrollment period (SEP) for formerly incarcerated individuals. These changes would now expand Medicare eligibility to people on parole, probation, or home detention, resulting in improved access…
This National Consumer Law Center (NCLC) report provides an overview of the carceral medical debt problem and policy recommendations and solutions to address the issue. The report provides background on the nature of carceral medical debt, including the complex healthcare needs of people who are incarcerated, what fees are assessed and why, how these fees…
In a segment airing on August 21 on NPR Shots & appearing in KFF Health News, Tony Leys interviews NCLC senior attorney Berneta Haynes for a story about disputing bogus medical bills. Debt collectors often seek summary judgment, which allows them to garnish wages or take other measures to seize money without going to the…
