Medical debt can have an impact on your credit if your debt is over $500. The three main credit bureaus “voluntarily removed ...

The Biden-era CFPB concluded that medical debts provide little predictive value to lenders about borrowers’ ability to repay other debts, and consumers frequently report receiving inaccurate bills or ...

More than one-quarter of Americans with health insurance have received a surprise medical bill, according to a new survey from Consumer Reports. Those healthcare charges can have big consequences ...

Your medical debt was about to be removed from your credit reports — until a federal judge in Texas struck down the Consumer Federal Protection Bureau (CFPB) rule that would have made it happen. The ...

For the millions of Americans struggling to pay off the costs of expensive medical procedures, the looming debt is accompanied by another threat: that the unpaid medical bills could drag down their ...

The Trump administration wants to thwart state efforts to remove medical debt from credit reports, potentially eroding protections for the financially insecure.

Consider debt relief: For borrowers facing multiple medical balances — or a mix of medical and credit card debt — debt relief ...

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Nationwide, about 100 million people have some form of health care debt, with millions burdened by $10,000 or more in unpaid ...

LOS ANGELES -- California lawmakers are working on a bill that promises to protect residents from having their credit rating affected by unpaid medical debt. State Sen. Monique Limon introduced Senate ...

On Jan. 7, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a new rule prohibiting consumer reporting agencies from including medical debt on credit reports. However, on Jan. 20, President Donald Trump ...