Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. St. Peters Health Partners was one of more than 50 hospitals in the state that was found to have placed liens on patients' homes ...

Medical bills don't always arrive at a convenient moment, if there even is such a thing. These types of expenses tend to show up in the middle of job changes, family challenges or long periods of ...

Rising medical debt, and the methods used to collect it, is a symptom of a larger illness in American health care.

Three of the country's largest credit reporting agencies are removing nearly 70% of medical debt from consumer credit reports, the companies announced in a joint statement Friday. The video featured ...

An idea three years in the making is coming to fruition and taking a significant financial burden off of thousands of ...

More than $135 million in medical debt owed by thousands of New Yorkers has been erased, Mayor Eric Adams announced Oct. 22, marking the latest effort to chip away at the massive financial burden ...

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, ...

Three of the country's largest credit reporting agencies are removing nearly 70% of medical debt from consumer credit reports, the companies announced in a joint statement Friday. Equifax, Experian ...

Getting served with a lawsuit over unpaid medical bills can be both frustrating and scary, especially when you're already dealing with the aftermath of an illness or injury. It's a real issue millions ...

After a cancer diagnosis, the mean medical debt in collections increased by 123.2%. Patients with cancer may have medical debt in collections that persists for years after their diagnosis, despite ...