The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule means that millions of Americans with unpaid medical bills will not face ...

At some point, it could happen to anyone. You could be in an accident or suffer a serious illness. Then, medical bills pile ...

A bill under consideration in the state House would establish a program in the Pennsylvania Health Department to pay off ...

The fate of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's new rules to exclude medical debt from credit reports is uncertain, impacting millions.

A federal agency called the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — CFPB for short — has taken big steps to help people with medical debt. In early February, the Trump administration moved to ...

The consumer watchdog agency explained that “Medical debt may be less predictive of whether a consumer will pay a future loan, because medical debts can occur and are collected through unique ...

Rebekah Lewis and her husband Mark’s trip to Florida in early 2022 was supposed to be the beginning of a relaxing and trip-filled retirement. The two had worked hard, and it was time to enjoy ...

In Texas, about 10.7% of adults — about 2.3 million people — have medical debt, according to the health policy nonprofit KFF. Nationwide, around 20 million people — 1 in 12 adults — owe money directly ...

Hoosiers have an estimated $2.2 billion of medical debt in collections — with even more on payment plans and credit cards. A proposal to introduce consumer protections against medical debt failed to ...

The state of Illinois has erased hundreds of millions of dollars in medical debt as part of a pilot program championed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

Your device does not support the audio. CHICAGO - Today Governor JB Pritzker joined advocates, healthcare professionals, and patients to announce that the latest round of relief in the Illinois ...