Over 100 million Americans are saddled with medical debt, but a few initiatives are addressing — or even eliminating — it.

Debt collectors cannot discuss your debt with anyone other than you, your spouse (in some cases) or your attorney. They cannot leave messages with co-workers, relatives or friends disclosing that you ...

Disputing debt in collections isn't just an option; it's advisable in many situations. . Every year, millions of Americans ...

In an earlier report, the watchdog group found that seniors, alone, faced more than $50 billion in unpaid medical bills, many of which they should not have to pay. Debt collectors often pursued ...

Debt collectors would be prevented from taking ... people with disabilities, children, and elderly people more likely to be living in poverty, state data shows. Hutchison blamed a consumer ...

Credit reporting agencies and debt collectors are also expected to oppose ... impacted simply because they got sick,” Mona Shah, senior director of policy and strategy at Community Catalyst ...

Key Takeaways President Donald Trump's regulatory freeze could affect some of the CFPB's recent actions.In the days before ...

“The C.F.P.B.’s final rule will close a special carve-out that has allowed debt collectors to abuse the ... Christine Chen Zinner, a senior policy counsel at Americans for Financial Reform ...

"It's usually elderly people…people who own their ... That is a feature, not a bug, thanks to a convoluted debt collection statute Michigan lawmakers passed in the wake of that ruling." ...