Video Quality Speed 00:00 00:16 Medical Debt Collection Ohio State Representative Michele Grim (D-Toledo) introduced HB 257, ...

D.C. lawmakers push forward with a bill to shield residents from medical debt, despite recent CFPB guidance saying only the federal government has that right.

Medical bills can quickly spiral, so you need to understand your legal exposure if the debt goes to collections.

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 ...

Medical debt can be written off in some circumstances, but not in the widespread way many people hope for. Instead, several ...

Medical bills will no longer be included in credit reports or be used to determine loan eligibility under a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule finalized Tuesday. The agency estimated the rule, ...

The trade group representing debt collection agencies, creditors, debt buyers, collection attorneys, and debt collection industry service ...

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

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

Santa Ana, Calif.-based hospital chain Prospect Medical Group is facing a class-action lawsuit concerning its use of patient cell phone numbers in medical debt collection practices, according to the ...

The Latino engagement group Somos Votantes Education Fund partnered with the national nonprofit Undue Medical Debt to write ...