LOS ANGELES — Every Tuesday, Naman Shah sees tuberculosis patients at a small public clinic in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley. Shah, a physician and epidemiologist at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, pores over images of battered lungs, listens to labored breathing, and checks medications. It’s part of an initiative dating to…
Every Tuesday, Naman Shah sees tuberculosis patients at a small public clinic in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley. Shah, a physician and epidemiologist at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, pores over images of battered lungs, listens to labored breathing, and checks medications. It’s part of an initiative dating to the early 20th…
A Detroit mom discovered her fiancé had been secretly gambling online with money meant to pay off $20,000 in hidden debt, and a Ramsey Show host had a pointed message for him about borrowed money, a special needs child, and… “How dare you take borrowed money and go gambling with it when you have a…
Quick Read Grace’s fiancé hid $20K in debt and secretly gambled away money meant to repay it; Delony called it financial infidelity and urged her to leave. Gambling with borrowed money creates a double loss: a ~7% sportsbook cut plus 22% credit card interest, costing roughly $4,400 a year on $20K. Marrying before the gambling…
Quick Read Grace’s fiancé hid $20K in debt and secretly gambled away money meant to repay it; Delony called it financial infidelity and urged her to leave. Gambling with borrowed money creates a double loss: a ~7% sportsbook cut plus 22% credit card interest, costing roughly $4,400 a year on $20K. Marrying before the gambling…
In the second episode of our special series on medical debt, we explore lessons from Oregon’s aggressive legislation to push hospitals to prevent patients from falling into medical debt. When Oregon passed an ambitious medical debt prevention law in 2023, the state was charting new territory. Just two states had passed similar rules to require…
At the city’s Crown Court, the barrister representing 57-year-old Paul Walsh said he agreed to transport the drugs for a payment of £300 – part of a desperate attempt to clear debts built up as the result of a gambling addiction. The defendant admitted possessing the Class A drug with intent to supply, though the…
At the city’s Crown Court, the barrister representing 57-year-old Paul Walsh said he agreed to transport the drugs for a payment of £300 – part of a desperate attempt to clear debts built up as the result of a gambling addiction. The defendant admitted possessing the Class A drug with intent to supply, though the…
At the city’s Crown Court, the barrister representing 57-year-old Paul Walsh said he agreed to transport the drugs for a payment of £300 – part of a desperate attempt to clear debts built up as the result of a gambling addiction. The defendant admitted possessing the Class A drug with intent to supply, though the…
At the city’s Crown Court, the barrister representing 57-year-old Paul Walsh said he agreed to transport the drugs for a payment of £300 – part of a desperate attempt to clear debts built up as the result of a gambling addiction. The defendant admitted possessing the Class A drug with intent to supply, though the…