Since 2019, the number of hospital lawsuits against patients in New York has fallen from 14,000 to 100 annually.

The Federal Trade Commission logged more than 140,000 debt collection complaints in the second quarter of 2025, up from about 44,000 in the same period last year. Complaints are most common in Georgia ...

The bill would prevent hospitals from taking money out of former patients' paychecks and cap interest rates on medical debt at 3%, down from the current 8%.

With its new law, California joins a dozen other states that have restricted the use of medical debt in credit decisions. California recently enacted a new law broadly prohibiting the use of medical ...

Knowing your rights during debt collection can protect you from harassment, misinformation and costly mistakes.

Minnesota Attorney General Lori Swanson has filed suit against Accretive Health, a debt collection agency, for not protecting patient confidentiality and not informing patients of the agency’s ...

Learn the FDCPA's rules on how debt collectors can contact debtors, your rights, and what to do if harassed—key to protecting financial well-being.

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Less than three months after signing a budget that added 517 state positions, Gov. Tony Evers is seeking permission from the Joint Finance Committee to add 55 more full-time equivalents. The requests ...

Debt collection is already a regulated process for civilians, but things change entirely when the person owing money is actively serving in the military. In these cases, standard procedures no longer ...