More than half of Americans have medical debt, making it now the largest source of debt in collections. The reasons are myriad. An example – surprise bills for things like tests sent to out-of-network labs. Starting this year, the No Surprises Act, seeks to mitigate many of these surprise expenses. Soledad O’Brien speaks with Katie Keith, a researcher at the Center on Health Insurance Reforms at Georgetown University.
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