New leadership at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is reassessing signature consumer protections on medical debt and ...

The Trump administration has issued an interpretive rule that undermines state laws forbidding the inclusion of medical debt on consumers’ credit reports. | A new interpretive rule from the Consumer ...

When debts go to collections, the balance can suddenly grow. Here's why that happens and what you should do next.

The Trump administration took another step Tuesday to weaken protections for Americans with medical debt, issuing new guidance that threatens ongoing state efforts to keep that debt off consumers’ ...

On October 14, the Maryland Office of Financial Regulation issued guidance advising collection agencies and consumer reporting agencies to review ...

When a debt collector reaches out, it can be unsettling, even if you knew that you'd defaulted on your obligations and were expecting the call. Between the pressure to pay, the perceived urgency of ...

The Trump administration is set to issue new guidance prohibiting states from removing medical debt from credit reports.

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

If you fall behind on your bills, making a few stressful calls and negotiating with the debt collector could lead to working out a payment plan. It's not an ideal scenario, of course, but once it's ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in new guidance says that federal law bars states, including California, from restricting medical debts from the reports.