TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — On Friday, the three main national credit reporting agencies said they’d remove the bulk of medical debt collections from U.S. credit reports. According to their announcement, it ...

In today's healthcare landscape, even a brief hospital visit can leave behind a mountain of bills. And with insurance not always covering everything — or in some cases, anything — many Americans are ...

Equifax, Experian and TransUnion have announced they will collectively remove nearly 70% of medical collection debt tradelines from credit reports. UNPAID MEDICAL BILLS ACCOUNT FOR 58% OF DEBT IN ...

A significant number of U.S. consumers will have their medical collection debt dropped from their credit report, the nation's biggest credit reporting bureaus announced Friday. Equifax, TransUnion and ...

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 ...

After recent policy changes removing most medical debts from credit reports, Americans are seeing their credit scores increase, but experts warn of the need to monitor billing and collection practices ...

During an interview on "Mornings with Maria" credit card expert Ted Rossman said that the paid medical collections to come off American's credit reports starting July 1 will lift a lot of scores. 5 ...

Several U.S. senators are asking the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to start addressing medical debt collections and the impact on consumer credit. In a letter to CFPB Director Richard Cordray ...

Americans spend twice as much on health care as people in other wealthy countries, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. For the past two weeks on our series The ...