Navigating medical debt, however big or small, can be a challenging process.
Co-pays and deductibles vary by provider, as do fees from hospitals, private practices and urgent care centers. National nonprofit group Dollar For, which helps people pay their bills through charity, said that Americans have $195 billion in medical debt.
“Medical debt is different from other debts. It’s not a debt of choice, so we have to set it aside from other kinds of debt,” said Ruth Landé, the vice president of provider relations for Boston-based nonprofit group Undue Medical Debt, which buys medical bills in bulk from collectors and pays them off.
Newsday reached out to the social advocacy group Community Service Society of New York (CSS), as well as…
