On Jan. 7, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a new rule banning medical debt from all credit reports.

There are rules that dictate when a debt collector can call you — and how many times they're allowed to do it.

Mulder’s second bill, House Bill 1210 would have prohibited hospitals from reporting medical debt to debt collectors, ...

On January 28, the CFPB expressed support for legislative efforts in Massachusetts, Washington State, Oregon and South Dakota which ...

In this article, we share a timeline of our monthly "bites" for 2024 applicable to debt collection practices. Like 2023, the theme of 2024 was ...

Reports of unpaid debt can tank an otherwise strong credit score. The new CFPB rule would change that for about 15 million ...

The Scope of the Problem Medical debt is a widespread challenge in the United States, affecting millions of individuals and families. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, over 100 million ...

Begun in 2014 by former debt collection executives, Undue Medical Debt has partnered with a growing list of local governments nationwide, including Oakland County, the city of Toledo, Ohio ...

Since last August, New Jersey and Undue have partnered to eliminate more than $246 million in medical debt for an estimated ...

Improving rural access to health care is one avenue to reduce medical debt and promote equitable health outcomes for all.