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Stethscope on pile of US banknotes (PhotoAlto/Odilon Dimier via Getty Images)

‘We’re not doing that’: Why a Black couple wouldn’t crowdfund to pay off medical debts

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Surgeons in Scrubs and Protective Masks Look Down at a Patient on a Hospital Trolley (Getty Images/Janie Airey)

International rights group calls out U.S. for allowing hospitals to push millions into debt

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Hospital bed in the hallway (Getty Images/David Sacks)

Hundreds of US hospitals sue patients or threaten their credit, a KHN investigation finds

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Three miners push a load of coal through the tunnel (Fox Photos/Getty Images)

What Germany’s coal miners can teach America about medical debt

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People wait for eye exams at a Remote Area Medical Clinic (RAM) on February 03, 2019 in Knoxville, Tennessee. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Knoxville’s black community endured deeply rooted racism, and now there is medical debt

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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the COVID-19 response and the vaccination program during an event at the State Dining Room of the White House May 4, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden set a new goal to have 70% of adult Americans with at least one shot and at least 160 Americans fully vaccinated by July 4th, 2021. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Biden quietly transforms Medicaid safety net

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