CreditNinja reports that about 41% of working-age Americans (72 million) have medical debt, affecting lower-income and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. St. Peters Health Partners was one of more than 50 hospitals in the state that was found to have placed liens on patients' homes ...

On April 29, the CFPB released a report entitled “Recent Changes in Medical Collections on Consumer Credit Records” that showed that as of June 2023 some 15 million Americans (approximately five ...

(WJAR) — Medical debt is a huge expense that can really drag down our finances. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, medical debt is dragging down credit reports for 1 in 5 Americans ...

Now Nearly 70 Percent of Medical Collection Tradelines Are Removed from Consumer Credit Files The NCRAs previously announced that as of July 1, 2022, all medical collection debt that has been paid by ...

The burden of medical debt may soon become much lighter for millions of Americans. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed a rule recently that aims to remove medical bills from credit ...

Angelica Leicht is the senior editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com, where she writes and edits articles on a range of personal finance topics. Angelica previously held editing ...

After a cancer diagnosis, the mean medical debt in collections increased by 123.2%. Patients with cancer may have medical debt in collections that persists for years after their diagnosis, despite ...

Though complaints are down in general, consumers who are grumbling are more and more likely to grumble about the way their medical debts are collected, reports Mnetnews.com. The Consumer Financial ...

Paying off collections improves your finances, but what happens to the negative mark on your credit report?

The Idaho Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Idaho Patient Act, a law designed to rein in aggressive ...

ATLANTA and COSTA MESA, Calif. and CHICAGO, April 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Equifax® (NYSE: EFX), Experian (LON:EXPN), and TransUnion (NYSE:TRU) are jointly announcing that medical collection debt ...