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

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

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

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

Consumers were dealt a blow after a federal judge in Texas voided a Biden-era rule that would ban the inclusion of medical ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Gov. Katie Hobbs has announced that $429 million in medical debt has been erased so far for hundreds of thousands of ...