The Trump administration is moving to overrule state laws that protect consumers’ credit reports from medical debt.

A federal rule restricting the debt’s inclusion has been canceled. Now, the consumer bureau is trying to overturn state ...

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’ ...

The Trump administration's efforts to block states from excluding medical debt from credit reports spark controversy.

For the millions of Americans struggling to pay off the costs of expensive medical procedures, the looming debt is accompanied by another threat: that the unpaid medical bills could drag down their ...

Medical debt can knock someone down and not let them back up. It can tank a person’s credit score, lead them to delay lifesaving medical care and force them to pass up job opportunities. When the ...

While bad debt and charity care expenses at Samaritan Hospital were lower than anticipated in September, they're higher than projected for the first three quarters of the year. Chief Administrative ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released a notice Oct. 28 clarifying that the Fair Credit Reporting Act preempts state laws on credit reporting, including those regarding medical debt.

Becoming a doctor will likely become even more difficult under the new tax bill Congress approved after lawmakers slashed the amount of money medical school students can borrow in federal loans. The ...