Gov. Matt Meyer signed the Medical Debt Protection Act into law, which will prevent medical debt from appearing in a consumer credit report, on July 29. KFF, a nonprofit focused on health policy, ...

Legislators in several states are advancing medical debt protections, even as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau maintains that states cannot regulate consumer credit reports, KFF Health News ...

It’s a credit card service that might catch your eye. If you lose your job or fall into other financial hardship, you can cancel or defer payments in exchange for a monthly fee. But a new government ...

Some states are enacting medical debt laws as the Trump administration pulls back federal protections. Elsewhere, industry opposition has derailed... With the Trump administration scaling back federal ...

Medical credit cards are offered to patients in healthcare settings as a solution to pay off medical debt, often featuring enticing interest-free or deferred interest rate periods of several months.

A new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule means consumers’ hospital and doctor bills can no longer weigh down their ...

The CFPB’s role in enforcing consumer protections may diminish as the federal agency undergoes changes and possible elimination. Consumers can still report issues to the FTC, OCC and state attorneys ...

WASHINGTON – Rodd McLeod thinks voter approval of Proposition 209 this fall will go a long way toward keeping people from being “forced out on the street or lose their cars” when they have medical ...

Two progressive-leaning measures that would increase debt protection and require transparency in campaign finance have qualified for the fall ballot after tense, down-to-the-wire legal battles. A ...

ATLANTA - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered a $24 million fine against Portfolio Recovery Associates after it was warned back in 2015 to clean up its act, but it didn’t. The debt ...