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 ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...