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.

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

This is the first step of the The State of Illinois' Medical Debt Relief Pilot Program’s commitment to erase $1 billion in ...

St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter announced on Tuesday that thousands of city residents are getting nearly $40 million of medical ...

Freedom Debt Relief works with unsecured debts like personal loans, lines of credit, medical debt and private student loan debt. The company doesn't work with secured debt — like an auto loan ...

Many credit card issuers offer hardship programs to help individuals who are struggling with their bills due to financial difficulties, such as job loss or medical emergencies. These programs can ...

Some families with private insurance have been left behind by the major health care reforms of the last few years, putting them at risk of high medical bills after having babies. SPRINGFIELD ...

Even responsible, prudent people can end up thousands of dollars in debt if they get sick or injured 100 million Americans owe a total of $220 billion in medical debt. When we want to buy ...

Among other categories, those challenges would include chronic illness, medical debt, costs related to child care and the impacts of natural disasters. On a call with reporters Thursday ...