For families already feeling the financial squeeze, medical debt can pile up, even with insurance. But managing, negotiating or forgiving that debt is possible thanks to some nonprofits providing ...

Three years after former Akron Councilwoman Nancy Holland pitched a medical debt relief program, nearly 17,000 families will have their debt erased.

Illinois and local officials announced Cook County will continue funding the medical debt forgiveness program next year, once ...

Medical bills don't always arrive at a convenient moment, if there even is such a thing. These types of expenses tend to show up in the middle of job changes, family challenges or long periods of ...

Debt relief programs can help struggling borrowers, but each option comes with different eligibility rules to know.

Instead, the link directed her to information about the Illinois Medical Debt Relief Program, created in 2024 in partnership with the nonprofit Undue Medical Debt. The organization partners with local ...

DUNBAR, W.Va. (WOWK) – A church in our region is coordinating an effort with a national nonprofit to help relieve medical debt for people across Appalachia. The Dunbar United Methodist Church is ...

Cook County and the state of Illinois erased upwards of $1.5 billion in medical debt for over 770,000 Cook County residents through the Illinois Medical Debt Relief Program, leaving many county ...