An estimated one-fifth of U.S. households have medical debt on their credit reports, a burden that makes it more expensive ...

Ariel Levinson-Waldman started the nonprofit Tzedek D.C. in 2017 with a wide variety of services for residents in D.C., ...

Unpaid medical bills are back on the table, which could mean lower credit scores for millions. A federal judge in Texas has ...

The Trump administration joined with trade groups to ask a court to overturn a Biden-era rule that aimed to limit the impact ...

The CFPB pushed further, however, finalizing a rule in early January barring all medical debt from influencing people’s ...

The three national credit reporting agencies — Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion — announced last year that they would remove ...

CFPB research has indicated that medical debt on credit reports is “a poor predictor” of whether a person will repay a loan, ...

The Trump administration joined a lawsuit against Biden's rule banning medical debt from credit reports for tens of millions ...

The ruling targets a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule that would have removed medical debt from 15 million credit ...

Worsening a patient's credit can prevent them from getting a job, renting an apartment, or even paying their outstanding ...

Finance companies can continue to make lending decisions based on information about medical bills contained in consumer credit reports, a judge rules.