ALBANY- The number of hospital debt lawsuits and debtors have plunged following changes to state laws around medical debt collection, according to a new report by an advocacy organization. The eight ...

ACA International, an association of credit and collection professionals, filed a federal lawsuit against Colorado on Nov. 5 ...

Just months after Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a Washington law to keep medical debt off consumers’ credit reports, the Trump ...

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On July 11, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) rule prohibiting the inclusion of medical debt on consumer credit ...

The bill would prohibit medical debt from appearing on credit reports, ban wage garnishment and cap interest at 3%, down from ...

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Licensure Requirements. Notably, the Collection Law amends California's debt collection licensing laws to exclude commercial debt collection. 10 As such, commercial entities subject to the terms of ...

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson has filed suit against Accretive Health, a debt collection agency, for not protecting patient confidentiality and not informing patients of the agency’s ...

Debt collection is already a regulated process for civilians, but things change entirely when the person owing money is actively serving in the military. In these cases, standard procedures no longer ...

Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, chair of the Assembly’s Health Committee, said grassroots organizing and effective messaging has helped reduce the aggressive debt collection tactics of many hospitals.

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