The Medical Debt Relief Pilot Program launched on July 1 – the start of the state’s 2025 fiscal year. Since then, it has erased debt for 52,745 residents. Residents whose debt has been forgiven so far ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to eliminate all medical debt from credit reports. Will President-elect Trump ...

Here's why she says that. Experian, Equifax, and Trans Union agreed to treat medical debt on credit reports with greater leniency than other forms of consumer debt. For example, new unpaid medical ...

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