Costly care: How a federal rule would protect consumers credit from unpaid medical debt
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau wants to eliminate all medical debt from credit reports. Will President-elect Trump ...
FOX 8 Defenders: Loan company waives more money owed by men’s clinic patients
A loan company has waived a substantial debt owed by men who visited a Metairie clinic before its sudden closure. At least one man claims he never received treatment there. Spring View Medical Clinic ...
Illinois medical debt relief program has erased $72M of debt so far. Who is qualified?
The Medical Debt Relief Pilot Program launched on July 1 – the start of the state’s 2025 fiscal year. Since then, it has ...
California Implements New Law Banning Medical Debt From Credit Reports
With its new law, California joins a dozen other states that have restricted the use of medical debt in credit decisions.
30% of student loan borrowers have gone without essentials, like food and medicine, CFPB finds
Thirty percent of student loan borrowers have gone without food or other essentials due to their monthly bills, the Consumer ...
Illinois clears $72 million in residents’ medical debt
More than 52,000 Illinoisans will hear that some or all of their medical debt has been cleared by the state soon. Letters will be sent out next week telling individuals in nearly every county ...
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Illinois medical debt relief program erases $72M of debt thus far
Residents with a household income at or below 400% of the federal poverty level, or with debt that is 5% or more of their ...
More than $72 million in medical debt relief announced for Illinoisans
This is the first step of the The State of Illinois' Medical Debt Relief Pilot Program’s commitment to erase $1 billion in ...
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Illinois program wipes out medical debt for 52K residents
Illinois will erase $72 million in medical debt for over 52,000 residents, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Thursday. Funding from ...