After decades of payments, relief might finally be on the way for millions of borrowers.

FAR THIS YEAR. IMAGINE WAKING UP TO FIND YOUR MEDICAL DEBT GONE. IT’S HAPPENING ACROSS NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING HERE IN THE TRIAD. WXII 12 JOSHUA DAVIS SPOKE WITH A WINSTON-SALEM WOMAN WHO SAYS IT’S ...

More than $6.5 billion in medical debt has been erased for about 2.5 million North Carolinians through the state’s Medical Debt Relief Program, Gov. Josh Stein and state Health and Human Services ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Medical debt is a burden that affects millions of North Carolinians. “How can I pay off medical debt?” Pitt County resident Marlyn Hemby says. “I don’t want to go back to the ...

A North Carolina program incentivizing hospitals to relieve patients’ medical debts has cut more than $6.5 billion in accrued debts for more than 2.5 million people since launching last summer. The ...

A provision that made student-loan forgiveness tax-free is expiring in 2026. It could put borrowers on the hook for thousands of dollars in taxes.

(The Center Square) – Updated policies by hospitals and creation of the Medical Debt Relief Program by the former governor has led to 2.5 million North Carolinians being freed of $6.5 billion in ...

IN 2023. NEW HERE AT NOON, A MEDICAL DEBT PRELIEF MILESTONE IN NORTH CAROLINA. GOVERNOR JOSH STEIN AND THE HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SECRETARY ANNOUNCED MORE THAN $6.5 BILLION HAS BEEN RAISED OVER THE ...

The weight of carrying debt month after month can be extremely heavy, and, over time, it can have a real impact on your financial health. Whether it's from medical bills that piled up after an ...

State program erased $6.5B for 2.5M patients using Medicaid-linked hospital reforms. Relief concentrated in Mecklenburg where hospitals wiped out hundreds of millions. Federal changes may end state ...