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

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

A federal judge blocked a rule from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would have stopped medical bills from ...

Unpaid bills and fines can hurt your credit standing, and no unpaid bill or fine is too small to forget about and let grow ...

Worsening a patient's credit can prevent them from getting a job, renting an apartment, or even paying their outstanding ...

Your medical bills can legally appear on your credit report again after a court ruling struck down consumer protections. Even ...

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

A federal judge in Texas has reversed a Biden-era rule that permitted medical debt to be wiped from credit reports, according to court documents.

Republicans have long targeted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for elimination. It survives, for now, but has ...

Moves by the Trump administration to pare back Medicaid, rescind medical debt rules, and loosen vaccine requirements threaten ...

According to the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker, nearly 20 million adults in the U.S. owe medical debt, with a total ...