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

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 ...

More than 52,000 Illinois residents have been relieved of $72 million of medical debt under a state pilot program that ...

Walt Myers of Lakeville faced $135,000 in medical bills after his wife, Sue, died of breast cancer in 2019. LAKEVILLE, ...

Some families with private insurance have been left behind by the major health care reforms of the last few years, putting ...

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 ...

Jason Sherman, the founder and CEO of Clearwater Benefits, shares his insights regarding the health plan landscape ...

When St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter announced last year that he would dedicate $1.1 million in federal COVID relief aid to ...

But what if you’re 80, are facing medical debt of over $100,000 and have no other income but ... the Consumer Bankruptcy Project (CBP) has compiled statistics for more than a decade that show that ...

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.

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.