Among the millions of people with past-due medical debt, there’s a decent chance they owe $1,000 or more. According to an Urban Institute report, 61% owe more than $1,000, including 21% who owe at least $5,000. 73% of adults with medical debt owe hospitals at least some of it. Researchers say when people go to the hospital, they tend to face more higher-cost procedures, they may have greater health challenges, and there’s a lot of unpredictability about the charges and out-of-pocket costs they’ll be facing.
Some of the largest tanker-owning companies have no plans to order expensive new ships amid regulatory uncertainty, prolonging an unprecedented boom in rates that is turning their assets into “cash machines”. Ship owners are not ordering high-cost new tankers while regulations that set greenhouse gas emission reduction targets have yet to be decided and technology for alternative, cleaner fuels is not fully developed.
Futures are up after stocks tumbled yesterday. The Dow Industrials dropped 530, the NASDAQ lost 190 and the S&P 500 fell 65.
