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Millions Could See Medical Debt Added to Credit Reports Under Trump Plan

The Trump administration is set to issue new guidance prohibiting states from removing medical debt from credit reports. Read More

Trump administration undercuts state bans on medical debt in consumer credit reports

The Trump administration has issued an interpretive rule that undermines state laws forbidding the inclusion of medical debt on consumers’ credit reports. | A new interpretive rule from the Consumer ... Read More

A debt collector is after my 9-year-old son for a $3,000 medical bill from a test he needed. How do I fix this — and get them to stop hounding us?

Medical debt is a fact of life for millions of Americans, and the numbers are staggering. Roughly 20 million adults owe at least $250, while the total medical debt owed nationwide exceeds $220 billion ... Read More

Trump takes aim at state laws shielding consumer credit scores from medical debt

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in new guidance says that federal law bars states, including California, from restricting medical debts from the reports. Read More

Health care providers and debt collectors are biting from people’s paychecks to cover old medical bills

Stacey Knoll thought the court summons she received was a scam. She didn’t remember getting any medical bills from Montrose Regional Health, a nonprofit hospital, after a 2020 emergency room visit. So ... Read More

Debt complaints are surging. Here's the sobering reason.

Complaints about aggressive debt collection have skyrocketed in recent months, federal data shows, a sign that more Americans are falling behind on credit cards and medical bills. The rise in ... Read More

Trump punted on medical debt protection. Now the battle is in the states

With the Trump administration scaling back federal efforts to protect Americans from medical bills they can't pay, advocates for patients and consumers have shifted their work to contain the nation's ... Read More

Maryland implements new medical debt laws restricting collection, reporting and judgment practices

On October 14, the Maryland Office of Financial Regulation issued guidance advising collection agencies and consumer reporting agencies to review ... Read More

Debt collection complaints are surging: Here’s why

The Federal Trade Commission logged over 140,000 consumer complaints about debt collection in the second quarter — a 220% jump from the same period a year earlier. Georgia, Texas and Florida recorded ... Read More

Trump team takes aim at state laws shielding consumers’ credit scores from medical debt

The Trump administration took another step Tuesday to weaken protections for Americans with medical debt, issuing new guidance that threatens ongoing state efforts to keep that debt off consumers’ ... Read More