As US Patients’ Medical Debt Grows, Doctors Face Moral Harm, Tough Conversations Carrie Arnold June 10, 2026

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/us-patients-medical-debt-grows-doctors-face-moral-harm-tough-2026a1000jet Anand Habib, MD, knows all too well how medical debt can accrue. When he was an internal medicine resident at UCSF, Habib commuted by bicycle on San Francisco’s hilly streets — until the day he crashed on his way home from work. After an ambulance ride and some x-rays, Habib thought his biggest injury was to his ego.