Even small medical bills under $1,000 can still affect your credit if left unpaid. Knowing how updated credit reporting rules treat medical debt can help you protect your financial health.

While the impact of medical debt on credit reports has gotten better, there are still consequences if you don't try and pay a debt you've verified you owe.

Owe money to medical providers? Be careful. Even small medical bills can become major issues if they're ignored.

A federal rule restricting the debt’s inclusion has been canceled. Now, the consumer bureau is trying to overturn state restrictions. By Ann Carrns A court ruling this summer canceled a Biden-era ...

The plaintiffs have argued that the credit-reporting agencies' decision to not report unpaid debt under $500 has injured them ...

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’ ...

A Colorado law finds itself at odds with the Trump administration, this time over whether medical debt should be included in people’s credit reports. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said ...

Medical debt doesn't just vanish, but are there time limits on this type of debt? Or does it linger indefinitely?

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Noam N. Levey, KFF Health News The Trump administration took another step Tuesday to weaken protections for Americans with medical debt, issuing new ...

The Latino engagement group Somos Votantes Education Fund partnered with the national nonprofit Undue Medical Debt to write down $133 million of existing medical debt for people in Nevada.

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’ ...