Key Points Senate Republicans introduced a resolution to nullify a CFPB rule banning medical debt from credit reports.

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 ...

One-third of American credit card users are in debt because of medical bills ... and she had to appeal to the state unemployment office to get her benefits. For the three months while she waited ...

Americans borrowed an estimated $74 billion for medical bills last year, according to a West Health-Gallup survey. And now an ...

It's not always black and white when it comes to distinguishing between good debt and bad debt. Medical debt, for example, falls in a bit of a gray area, as it's "an expense that's largely ...

This month, the Biden administration announced a proposal that would offer a big break to those dealing with medical debt: removing it from the credit reports of millions of Americans. This would ...

The initiative, introduced by Treasurer Mike Pieciak, is funded with $1 million already available in the state treasury and ...

The watchdog agency says that medical debt is a particularly bad predictor of people’s ability ... before President Joe Biden ...

The program started in October under Rhode Island General Treasurer James Diossa’s office ... all of these hospitals and medical agencies, and will buy out bad debt,” Diossa said.