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, ...

Eight states have introduced legislation for more patient protections ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Illinois residents have seen more than $1.1 billion in medical debt erased, with the help of a state program that launched less than a year-and-a-half ago. More than 500,000 Illinois residents have ...

More than 500,000 Illinois residents are receiving letters this week, saying their medical debt has been erased.

Freedom Debt Relief reports veterans can access various debt relief programs, including grants that don't require repayment, pensions, and legal aid.