Republican senators have introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the rule that bans banks and credit unions from including ...

Dane County hospitals didn’t address needs of low-income patients at risk for medical debt in a community needs assessment, ...

Americans borrowed an estimated $74 billion for medical bills last year, according to a West Health-Gallup survey. And now an effort is underway to reverse a rule that would remove medical debt from ...

A 2021 survey of Vermont households found that fear of medical debt impacted 85,000 Vermonters’ health care decisions.

Individuals with unpaid medical debt are also more likely to put off seeking care, which can worsen their health, lead to more expensive care in the future, or put them out of work. The Vermont ...

A new report by West Health and Gallup finds that more than 31 million adult Americans—or about 12%—had to borrow money in ...

Wondering what can I use a personal loan for? Personal loans can cover debt consolidation, home repairs, major purchases & ...

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U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Representative Ralph Norman (R-SC) introduced bills today aiming to overturn a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rule that removes medical debt from ...

Just weeks before a new rule is due to come into force that would prohibit credit reporting firms from including medical debt in information provided to lenders, Congress is being asked to ...

The federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has taken major steps to help people with medical debt in its nearly 14-year history ... Other folks, she’s referring to their state attorney general’s ...