An estimated one-fifth of U.S. households have medical debt on their credit reports, a burden that makes it more expensive ...

A federal judge in Texas removed a Biden-era finalized rule by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have ...

Millions of Americans could see their credit scores affected due to unpaid medical debt. The change comes after a judge’s ...

A federal judge has overturned a Biden-era rule that would have banned medical debt from credit reports. Millions of ...

As scary as it can be to owe a hospital or physician practice a large amount of money, people should not let an inability to ...

The Trump administration joined with trade groups to ask a court to overturn a Biden-era rule that aimed to limit the impact ...

CFPB research has indicated that medical debt on credit reports is “a poor predictor” of whether a person will repay a loan, ...

Ariel Levinson-Waldman started the nonprofit Tzedek D.C. in 2017 with a wide variety of services for residents in D.C., ...

Medical debt is the top type of debt collection in the U.S., but knowing your rights and strategies to negotiate can help you ...

Residents in these 10 communities had millions in collective medical debt forgiven in July 2025 thanks to a partnership ...

With a baby on the way, Nathan Kirkland was facing a rare, aggressive form of bile duct cancer. Kirkland’s bills piled up as ...

A program launched by Gov. Katie Hobbs over a year ago has benefited 352,000 families, who are being notified their medical ...