Obed Manuel

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What the new medical debt-credit report rule could mean for patients, health industry

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s move could lead to providers seeking high payments before treatment, an economist warns. A health scholar says it could protect patients’ financial futures.

Rural U.S. health care is in a crisis. We went to a Georgia town to see how people there experience it

NPR’s A Martínez visits Georgia to see the problems some Americans have accessing healthcare and to hear from providers about what they need to fix it.