After playing overbearing mother Beverly in 'The Goldbergs' for years, Wendi McLendon-Covey was ready for a departure. She found it in NBC's new mockumentary series as an oddball boss.

Wendi McLendon-Covey explains why her new role in the NBC sitcom "St. Denis Medical" made sense following her 10-year run on ABC's "The Goldbergs."

T aking a page from other workplace TV mockumentaries, NBC’s “St. Denis Medical” follows the overburdened staff of a hospital in Scranton. Sorry, I meant small-town Oregon.

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter says the goal is to help 43,000 St. Paul residents who are struggling to pay for expenses to become medical debt-free within the year. These people are either considered to be low-income or have very high bills.

"It's a win for everyone," St. Paul Mayor Melvin Cater said. "And it's just the beginning." 32,000 people will receive a surprise notice in the mail from St. Paul and Undue Medica

When St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter announced last year he would dedicate $1.1 million in federal COVID relief aid to knock out up to $110 million in medical debt citywide, some scoffed. Why spend American Rescue Plan Act dollars helping to eliminate hard-to-collect funds that hospitals could just write off themselves?