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

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Mattie Randolph is among a growing number of Americans facing medical debt — and for her, that struggle began with a routine hospital visit in 2018. Randolph says she wasn’t billed ...

The good news is, though, that unlike criminal cases, debt collection lawsuits are civil matters, and most medical debt ...

Angelica Leicht is the senior editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com, where she writes and edits articles on a range of personal finance topics. Angelica previously held editing ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - An Ohio lawmaker from Toledo is pushing legislation to protect patients from aggressive medical debt collection practices, citing cases like a small-town hospital that sued 2,700 ...

David Deeds is in financial trouble, and he's hoping a federal court in Texas can help get him out of it. Deeds, who is 62 and owes tens of thousands of dollars in medical debt from cancer treatment, ...

Medical bills have a way of arriving when life is already stressful. Whether it's a sudden ER visit, a specialist appointment you didn't plan for or a round of tests your insurance didn't fully cover, ...

In total, nearly 160,000 Connecticut residents who’ve been struggling with bills have had $198 million in medical debt eliminated since the initiative began last December.

Gov. Katie Hobbs announced Monday that 141,000 Arizonans have had their medical debt erased through her administration's ...

Experts said the lawsuits and wage garnishments violated community health centers’ mission to make preventive health care accessible.

Hobbs said in a media release that she is "committed to helping Arizonans achieve economic stability and prosperity." ...

More than 141,000 Arizona residents will receive letters this week notifying them that their medical debt has been relieved. So far, Democratic Governor Katie Hobbs’ administration and nonprofit Undue ...