Alex Mixson and his wife Marley Britt were having a string of medical crises. She was unable to work because of an ...

After Blake Pfeifer, a veteran plumber in Colorado Springs, Colorado, underwent emergency stomach surgery at a nearby ...

A growing number of retirees are struggling with healthcare debt due to medical bills that Medicare doesn't cover.

The county begins erasing $183 million in medical debt, with plans to cancel up to $2 billion through its new relief program ...

Under the Biden administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule barring medical debt from appearing ...

Under the Biden administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule barring medical debt from appearing ...

Medical bills are quietly becoming one of the most damaging financial burdens for aging Americans. Even with insurance in ...

Medical debt is the number one reason that people in the United States file for bankruptcy, and for many, like cancer ...

But legislators have also been making changes. In January, an Illinois law went into effect forbidding credit bureaus from factoring in medical debt in credit reports and scores. That follows a policy ...

Vermont Governor Phil Scott signed into law S. 27, a medical debt relief measure that prohibits the inclusion of medical debt ...

The Maine Senate voted unanimously in favor of a bill that it's sponsor says protects people from the negative impacts of ...

In January 2025, then-Vice President Kamala Harris announced a final rule by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to ...