Unpaid medical debt will no longer affect credit scores, according to a new rule from Biden administration regulators who want to mitigate the financial repercussions of those bills.

Over one-quarter of Americans are burdened by medical debt, but with practical steps, you can manage or reduce your medical ...

Elisabeth Rosenthal is senior contributing editor at KFF Health News and author of “An American Sickness: How Healthcare ...

Not all medical bills affect your credit. Unpaid medical collections of $500 or more can show up on credit reports and hurt your scores. Paid collections don't.

NEW YORK (AP) — Unexpectedly high medical bills are common in the United States, but there are ways to get relief. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, one in five Americans ...

What happens if you don’t pay a medical bill, ... So if pending medical debt doesn’t factor into a credit score, how far can people go when staring down a stack of doctors’ bills?

Unexpectedly high medical bills are common in the United States, but there are ways to get relief. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, one in five Americans are affected by ...

Unpaid bills harm the market for doctors, medical services and raise the question of what procedures can be done without full payment ahead of time, said Scott Purell, CEO of ACA International, an ...