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Episode: As judge ordered medical debt to stay on credit reports, Americans face financial stress
Description: βI have been receiving medical bills my whole life,β said Leroy Brown, a 61-year-old part-time worker at a local nonprofit in Indianapolis that helps people in prison.
Brown said he was diagnosed with diabetes in 1997, a condition that requires regular doctor visits. He also underwent knee surgery after a workplace accident.
These medical conditions have left him with a debt of $40,000, which is the amount not covered by his health insurance.
About 41 percent of American adults have some form of medical debt, according to a 2022 survey, the most recent healthcare debt research conducted by Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), a nonprofit orga...