Most of the medical debt didn't belong to the poorest patients, but rather insured people in the middle and lower-middle ...

Growing up poor taught me a great deal about money -- mainly what not to do. I've seen firsthand how easy it is to fall into ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was established to root out corporate wrongdoing after the 2008 crash. The Trump ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called for a halt on most of the CFPB's work. It could impact rules on overdraft fees, ...

No, a debt collector cannot legally make false statements about your debt. Still, some debt collectors will resort to these ...

Having an erroneous collection account on your credit report isn't a life sentence, though. There are laws in place to ...

On Jan. 7, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a new rule banning medical debt from all credit reports.

If healthcare entities believe that people won't pay their medical bills at the margin, they'll likely raise prices.

The fate of a Biden-era rule that would keep medical debt from consumers’ credit reports is up in the air amid reported ...

Over 100 million Americans are saddled with medical debt, but a few initiatives are addressing — or even eliminating — it.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, now led by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, agreed to temporarily halt enforcement ...

A new study shared with the KSL Investigators by LendingTree finds more than half of people with medical debt skipped or ...