The state has spent $138,271 so far in the pursuit of buying, and then forgiving, nearly $12 million in medical debt.

Now, he’s getting nonstop calls from debt collectors and doesn’t know what to do. Ted, 53, is one of millions of Americans ...

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

A Pew analysis found that the number of medical debt lawsuits filed in Minnesota dropped significantly during the pandemic ...

As of July 2025, a federal judge abolished proposed federal rules to remove medical debt from consumer credit reports.

Medical debt impacts nearly 700,000 Michigan residents, according to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Whitmer announced support from a nonprofit to eliminate debt for some of those staring down those big bills.

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Americans’ unpaid medical bills will remain on their credit reports after a federal judge last week vacated a Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rule that would have removed such ...

ELIMINATE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF MEDICAL DEBT IN NEBRASKA. BUT MORE THAN MONEY. THEY ALSO HOPE THE FUNDRAISER RAISES AWARENESS FOR THE ISSUE. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S AARON HEGARTY JOINS US IN THE ...

Consumers were dealt a blow after a federal judge in Texas tossed out a Biden-era rule that would have banned the inclusion of medical debt on credit reports. In a move that advocates told USA TODAY ...

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