CreditNinja reports that about 41% of working-age Americans (72 million) have medical debt, affecting lower-income and ...
Medical bills have a way of sneaking up on people, and it can happen long after the initial injury or illness has passed. You might be fully recovered and feeling like life has returned to normal, ...
When you receive a medical bill, that dollar amount you're charged doesn't have to necessarily be the final say. Believe it or not, you can actually negotiate your medical bills—even once they're in ...
Stacey Knoll thought the court summons she received was a scam. She didn’t remember getting any medical bills from Montrose Regional Health, a nonprofit hospital, after a 2020 emergency room visit. So ...
Medical debt is unfortunately synonymous with healthcare in the United States. Approximately 41% of Americans have debt for medical or dental bills – meaning they are currently owing a bill, being ...
Your medical debt was about to be removed from your credit reports — until a federal judge in Texas struck down the Consumer Federal Protection Bureau (CFPB) rule that would have made it happen. The ...
A federal judge blocked the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's rule that would have prevented medical debts from appearing on credit reports. The CFPB argued the rule would have improved credit ...
TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - An Ohio lawmaker from Toledo is pushing legislation to protect patients from aggressive medical debt collection practices, citing cases like a small-town hospital that sued 2,700 ...
Rios and other residents say they’ve been trying to get answers about confusing billing issues involving York Hospital. After Rios described his experience in a Jan. 12 post in the “York Community ...