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

Congress shouldn’t be fooled and let a Trojan horse hurt consumers by nullifying state laws and the CFPB’s effort to get ...

If reported as regular credit accounts, medical bills would show up as newly established accounts ... and debt collectors ...

Attorney General Andrea Campbell wants Massachusetts to prohibit health care providers from reporting medical debt to credit ...

According to Equifax, the change eliminated nearly 70% of medical collection debt from credit reports. Outstanding balances over $500, however, can still appear on your credit report for seven ...

For example, new unpaid medical bills won't be added to a credit report for 12 months, compared to other debt which is added to the report within 60 to 120 days. But if you use a credit card to pay ...

Over half of people retiree sooner than expected, and rising costs due to inflation, along with unexpected expenses, are ...

In all, Americans may owe more than $220 billion in medical debt, according to a Peterson-KFF report based on federal data, and an estimated 15 million people have black marks on their credit ...

Dozens of Victorian anaesthetists and surgeons have been accused of systematic billing scams and pocketing off-the-book fees ...

In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior and current month covered during the October 2024 ...

In part because of those constraints, around 100 million Americans owe a total of $220 billion in medical debt - $2,200 per debtor. If you hold that debt, it goes on your credit report ...