The company issued a news release saying it has obtained $67 million in new financing to ensure that its hospitals remain open.

In 2024, New Jersey used leftover pandemic funds to erase $220 million in medical debt owed by over 127,000 residents. In all, state and local governments are canceling about $7 billion in ...

We believe this $1 million will purchase a vast majority of the medical debt in Rhode Island,” Treasurer James Diossa said. The state joins Connecticut, Arizona, and New Jersey in adopting such an ...

Health care hasn’t figured prominently in this acrimonious presidential campaign. but voters remain worried about paying for ...

After a brief decline in total outstanding credit card balances at the end of 2023, Americans are back at it. Americans ...

A federal lawsuit filed by a debt-collection agency threatens to derail a Biden administration's regulatory attempt at ...

A recent advisory opinion by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau concerning the collection of past-due healthcare bills ...

A bill recently introduced to allow for positive reporting of medical debt payments might sound good ... we should be looking at new, innovative ways of assessing creditworthiness that provide ...

The program is designed for the “purchase, cancellation and forgiveness of medical debt,” providing critical relief to those ...

According to Lending Tree, New Jersey has the highest average credit ... auto loans and leases, medical debt, and personal loans — offer additional insight into consumer struggles.

Americans currently owe more than $1.14 trillion, but New Jersey, Connecticut, and Maryland residents lead the charge with the highest credit card debt levels. But that isn't the whole story.