Gov. Matt Meyer signed the Medical Debt Protection Act into law, which will prevent medical debt from appearing in a consumer credit report, on July 29. KFF, a nonprofit focused on health policy, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new state law preventing medical debt from appearing in a consumer credit report officially took effect on Oct. 27. First signed ...

Some states are enacting medical debt laws as the Trump administration pulls back federal protections. Elsewhere, industry opposition has derailed... With the Trump administration scaling back federal ...

Legislators in several states are advancing medical debt protections, even as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau maintains that states cannot regulate consumer credit reports, KFF Health News ...

Elon Musk, who will have a role in the Trump administration to shrink government, tweeted "Delete CFPB" — that is the watchdog agency that has been working to protect people from medical debt. (Getty ...

On Day 13 of Lawmakers, Rep. Lisa Campbell outlines her medical debt protection act. Plus, Rep. Carter Barrett discusses ways to improve the legitimation process for biological fathers. And Rep.

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Complaints about aggressive debt collection have skyrocketed in recent months, federal data shows, a sign that more Americans are falling behind on credit cards and medical bills. The rise in ...

With the Trump administration scaling back federal efforts to protect Americans from medical bills they can't pay, advocates for patients and consumers have shifted their work to contain the nation's ...

A new state law preventing medical debt from appearing in a consumer credit report officially took effect on Oct. 27. First signed into law by Gov. Matt Meyer this past July, the Medical Debt ...