KevinMD January 19, 2025
Ruhi Saldanha

Individual states in the United States can significantly shape key health care areas through policy.

In early 2024, a KKF analysis indicated that Americans collectively held around $220 billion in medical debt.

North Carolina has one of the highest percentages of adults facing medical debt, at 13.4 percent. On July 1, 2024, North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper and the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) announced plans for a new medical debt reduction program. Leveraging existing Medicaid measures, Governor Cooper and State Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Cody Kinsley discussed an innovative program for mitigating thousands of dollars in medical debt for low-income residents.

Under the Healthcare Access and Stabilization Program (HASP), established during the...

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Topics: Govt Agencies, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Provider, States, Survey / Study, Trends
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