Medical debt regulations are shifting dramatically in 2026, with states banning credit reporting and federal rules in limbo. If you’re a healthcare provider, the old collection playbook might soon ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. St. Peters Health Partners was one of more than 50 hospitals in the state that was found to have placed liens on patients' homes ...

Three of the country's largest credit reporting agencies are removing nearly 70% of medical debt from consumer credit reports, the companies announced in a joint statement Friday. The video featured ...

Local organizations are joining forces, urging lawmakers to consider bills to protect Hoosiers from the “harmful impacts” of medical debt.

After a cancer diagnosis, the mean medical debt in collections increased by 123.2%. Patients with cancer may have medical debt in collections that persists for years after their diagnosis, despite ...

Being hospitalized for an injury, such as a car accident, increases your risk of carrying medical debt and needing to file for bankruptcy, a new study finds.

A local campaign from the Dayton Collaboratory raised $137,850 in order to erase $21.95 million in qualifying medical debt for thousands of local families — with Clark County seeing the biggest chunk ...

Medical bills have a way of arriving when life is already stressful. Whether it's a sudden ER visit, a specialist appointment you didn't plan for or a round of tests your insurance didn't fully cover, ...

What percentage of Americans have medical debt in 2026? Approximately 72 million people (41% of working-age Americans) have medical bill problems or are currently paying off medical debt, according to ...

Hundreds of thousands of Arizonans will see their medical debt wiped away through a program led by Gov. Katie Hobbs and the nonprofit Undue Medical Debt. The initiative targets eligible individuals ...