Featuring:
Chris Goodman, University of South Carolina (Moderator)
Fred Blavin, Urban Institute
Kelsey Chalmers, Lown Institute
Noam Levey, KFF Health News
Matthew Rae, KFF

On May 15, 2025, the Lown Institute convened policymakers, hospitals, patient advocates, researchers, and other experts on medical debt for a one-day, in-person conference. The discussion focused on the scope of the problem, key drivers, and emerging challenges and opportunities to address medical debt with a new administration.

Learn more about the event: https://lowninstitute.org/register-the-state-of-medical-debt-in-the-u-s/

Download our dataset: https://lowninstitute.org/projects/hospital-billing-and-collection-practices-a-national-data-set/#

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