On April 11, the CFPB filed a joint motion in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia indicating its intent to ...

Medical debt should be treated differently on credit reports than debt incurred from overspending such as taking out a loan ...

More than one in seven adults reported carrying medical debt in 2023, and of these, one in three forwent mental health care ...

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The Oregon Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would prohibit medical providers and debt collectors from reporting medical ...

Washington State has taken a bold step to protect its residents from the adverse effects of medical debt on credit scores.

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The Oregon Senate voted Wednesday to shield patients’ medical debt from credit reports. Senate Bill 605, which passed the ...

A new law in Washington state is bringing financial relief to thousands of residents by removing medical debt from credit reports, a change that could significantly improve ...

If the bill is passed, Oregon would join Colorado and New York in barring medical debt from being reported to credit agencies ...

Washingtonians’ medical debt will not be included in their credit reports, under a bill that Gov. Bob Ferguson signed into ...

The Oregon Senate passed a bill on Wednesday that would prevent medical debt from appearing on Oregonians’ credit reports.