The Medical Debt Relief Pilot Program launched on July 1 – the start of the state’s 2025 fiscal year. Since then, it has ...

With its new law, California joins a dozen other states that have restricted the use of medical debt in credit decisions.

Americans are carrying more than $220 billion in medical debt, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation: Approximately 14 million people (6% of U.S. adults) owe more than $1,000 in medical bills ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) gave billions of federal taxpayer dollars to North Carolina hospitals for medical debt relief. During her presidential campaign, Ms. Harris ...

A bill recently introduced to allow for positive reporting of medical debt payments might sound good on paper. In reality, it’s not likely to benefit consumers. It could even end up harming them.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — If you think you are alone in dealing with medical debt, guess again. Recent studies have shown that medical debt is the leading cause of bankruptcy in the United States.

Those costs led to worse financial strain among low-income people: a third were still saddled with medical debt in collections a year after having a baby and more than half faced financial stress.

Global Shapers Sacramento Hub, also known as Sacramento Global Shapers, has kicked off Shred the Debt, a crowdfunding campaign to erase millions of dollars in medical debt for more than 2,500 ...