When you receive a medical bill, that dollar amount you're charged doesn't have to necessarily be the final say. Believe it ...

Minnesota DFL lawmakers are proposing a one-time expenditure of $5 million to retire as much as $500 million in unpaid ...

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

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

The CFP also prosecutes companies that it says fail to protect consumers. In December, it filed a lawsuit against the ...

The Senate Health and Services Provider Committee unanimously passed Senate Bill 317 after several major rewrites. If passed and signed into law, Senate Bill 317 would require all Indiana hospitals to ...

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

Public ambulance services and hospitals are owed $75 million from the now-bankrupt Wellpath. Some want the state to reimburse them.

Mike Cameron says he bought travelers insurance, but it only covers up to $20,000, and so far he can't get them to pay.

The new rule would change that for about 15 million Americans with medical debt on their credit reports. Here’s how the new rule works: Owed medical bills will still appear on people’s credit reports, ...