The number of people with medical debt on their credit reports fell by 8.2 million — or 17.9% — between 2020 and 2022, according to a report Tuesday from the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Assemblywoman Amy Paulin, chair of the Assembly’s Health Committee, said grassroots organizing and effective messaging has helped reduce the aggressive debt collection tactics of many hospitals.

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 ...

Debt collector calls can be very stressful, overwhelming and even intimidating. InvestigateTV examines what rights consumers ...

Ivette’s divorce was expensive. She had to hire an attorney and raise a child on a nurse’s salary. She moved in with her parents, and as the bills piled up, she turned to the lender LoanMe in 2015 for ...

EVERETT — Providence debt collector Optimum Outcomes must pay just over $827,000 for violating patients’ debt collection rights, a judge ruled last week in King County Superior Court. Fox Rothschild ...

One borrower’s story about falling behind on payments, defaulting on his private student loans and waiting out the statute of limitations on debt collection. By Nick Keppler When the Supreme Court ...

A federal district court in Louisville, Kentucky, erred in dismissing a woman's suit against an attorney for violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the ...

In an announcement this week, the department warned that millions of borrowers could be referred to debt collectors and see deductions from their paychecks. By Ali Watkins The Department of Education ...