In April 2025, Freedom Debt Relief reviewed data from tens of thousands of people actively looking for help with their debt. The numbers might be surprising. About one in four has at least one account ...

Medical debt doesn't just vanish, but are there time limits on this type of debt? Or does it linger indefinitely?

The Trump administration took another step Tuesday to weaken protections for Americans with medical debt, issuing new guidance that threatens ongoing state efforts to keep that debt off consumers’ ...

On July 11, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) rule prohibiting the inclusion of medical debt on consumer credit ...

D.C. lawmakers push forward with a bill to shield residents from medical debt, despite recent CFPB guidance saying only the federal government has that right.

Medical debt can be written off in some circumstances, but not in the widespread way many people hope for. Instead, several different processes can result in medical debt forgiveness, cancellation or ...