Help! I’m in collections for medical debt.

Don’t ignore it — at least not for too long. And don’t pay anything right away, either. Here’s why.

Providers sometimes jump the gun on sending you to collections — even though you still have time to apply for assistance. Here’s what to do.

There’s a statute of limitations on old debts. Depending on your situation, you might be able to run the clock on it.

Your legal rights, and how to use them, according to experts on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

Yep, you can totally negotiate. Learn the right questions to ask, and what do to before you seal the deal.

Medical debt up to a certain amount isn’t supposed to show up on your credit report.

…Like a medical debt you don’t owe, or have already paid off.

Meet Shaunna Burns, your new fave advice-giver, and a master at dealing with bill collectors.

Turns out, a lot of Shaunna’s tips check out. Featuring Jenifer Bosco, a legal expert with the National Consumer Law Center.

How An Arm and a Leg listener Meagan stayed motivated to make a bill she didn’t owe disappear — and the magic words that got results.

Physician and historian Luke Messac on how medical debt became the massive problem it is today, and what he thinks people who work in health care can do to help fix it.

A story with laughter, tears, community, softball, punk rock, and crushing medical debt.

States have different protections for people with medical debt. Here’s how activists and lawmakers worked together in Maryland to get them passed.

The idea: create a list of reliable resources to help with medical expenses and avoid debt, and circulate it where people might find it useful, like hospital waiting rooms.