The number of filings is back above 2020 levels as prices rise and people rely more on credit cards, an analysis finds. But ...

Registration lead Arilu Pineda, left, at her workstation at Sarasota Memorial Hospital on July 28, 2022, in Sarasota, Fla.

Set to take effect in March 2025 — before it was stalled in court — this rule was expected to erase an estimated $49 billion ...

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An analysis of consumer debt cases found that unpaid medical bill lawsuits against Minnesota patients hit a five-year high in ...

A single ambulance ride. That's all it might take for a Michigan family to fall into debt they can't shake — thousands of dollars from one night in the emergency room, owed to a hospital they thought ...

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — The Oregon Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would prohibit medical providers and debt collectors from reporting medical debt to credit bureaus. The bill now heads to the Oregon ...

Patients with cancer may have medical debt in collections that persists for years after their diagnosis, despite high rates of insurance coverage.

A CBS News investigation has found some nonprofit hospitals across the United States are using debt collection tactics against their lowest-income patients. So how often is that happening in New York, ...

New Oregon laws shield medical debt from credit scores, require up-front online pricing, and mandate clearer auto-financing terms to protect buyers.

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