The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau said Friday it has ordered medical debt collector Commonwealth Financial Systems of Dickson City, Pa., to cease operations and pay a $95,000 penalty for ...

Republicans on the House Government Oversight Committee approved the committee’s report Tuesday recommending an independent audit and transfer of the judicial branch’s court debt collection system to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A single ambulance ride. That's all it might take for a Michigan family to fall into debt they can't shake — thousands of dollars ...

Several years ago, emergency medicine doctor Luke Messac decided to do some digging into the medical debt collection practices of his employer, a health system in Rhode Island. Also a historian, ...

WASHINGTON — If you owe a debt, you should make every effort to pay it. After all, you’ve enjoyed the services or goods that your debt bought. And companies have a right to try to collect or even sell ...

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. We have completed 99 % of the process of setting debt to zero for ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Concerns about medical debt filled the Minnesota State Capitol in 2024, as advocates helped rally support for a series of protections known as "The Debt Fairness Act," but that political ...