Aging Untold: How to negotiate medical debt before you pay

(Aging Untold) — On this episode of Aging Untold, we share practical steps to help families manage mounting medical bills and navigate debt after a health crisis. We examine the Beers Criteria to highlight common medications that carry increased risks after age 65. We also reveal how scammers use artificial intelligence to create convincing celebrity deepfakes and show you how to spot the red flags online. Medical debt is rising for older adults — how to push back before you pay Millions of older adults have medical debt. Before you pay a bill, there are some things that you can do. One is to ask for the bill before the procedure instead of waiting until after you have had it performed. Amy O’Rourke, an aging expert, said getting cost information ahead of time gave her the power to make a different choice about her own care, which lowered the bill. She also advises that patients have another person with them to help review or sign paperwork rather than sign it when you are alone. She s