Vice President Kamala Harris wants to erase medical debt for millions of Americans. The issue is getting more airtime leading up to November’s election.

Nonprofit hospitals say legislative efforts that require them to provide more free care could hurt the people they are intended to help.

Even when pregnancy-related costs are stripped out, women still pay more than men.

Yes and no. Patients have avoided millions of surprise bills, but a plan to cut wider health care spending has seen mixed results.

As part of a live event, we break down the medical debts that some Americans owe and the shame, guilt and uncertainty that can come with it.

Experts say 3 million people in the U.S. have more than $10,000 in medical debt each.

Almost a third of all working adults in the United States are carrying some kind of medical debt — that’s about 15% of all U.S. households.