If youve ever been to the emergency room, you know the cost of a single visit can leave you feeling worse than before you got there.
Medical debt is a huge problem — one in five Americans have it and its the most frequent cause of bankruptcy in the United States. Experts with RIP Medical Debt said Texans have an estimated $4.7 billion in unpaid medical debt currently in collections. What’s even more shocking is that Texans may actually owe 10 times that amount, or roughly $50 billion, when you include debts that are not in the hands of collection agents.
Thats why NBC 5 has decided to do something about medical debt — by making a donation that will help forgive some of the outstanding debt owed by North Texans.
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