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

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

If certain state laws are voided, millions of consumers with unpaid medical debt could see negative marks appear — or reappear — on their credit reports.

Legislation advancing through Senate committee would standardize hospital financial assistance and prevent medical debt from ...

I am not in favor of a ban on medical debts on credit reports (“WA’s new ban on medical debt in credit reports at risk of federal override,” The Columbian, Nov. 17). No, I’m not a Scrooge or Grinch. I ...

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

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

A new Trump administration rule issued late last month could override state laws that prevent consumers’ credit reports from ...

New York City announced in October that it has canceled nearly $135 million in medical debt for more than 75,000 New Yorkers. It’s part of a program launched last year that sees the city aiming to ...

The Trump administration has issued an interpretive rule that undermines state laws forbidding the inclusion of medical debt on consumers’ credit reports. The guideline published in the Federal ...

The Trump administration took another step Tuesday to weaken protections for Americans with medical debt, issuing new guidance that threatens ongoing state efforts to keep that debt off consumers’ ...

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.