Gov. Matt Meyer signed the Medical Debt Protection Act into law, which will prevent medical debt from appearing in a consumer credit report, on July 29. KFF, a nonprofit focused on health policy, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new state law preventing medical debt from appearing in a consumer credit report officially took effect on Oct. 27. First signed ...

Legislators in several states are advancing medical debt protections, even as the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau maintains that states cannot regulate consumer credit reports, KFF Health News ...

Some states are enacting medical debt laws as the Trump administration pulls back federal protections. Elsewhere, industry opposition has derailed... With the Trump administration scaling back federal ...

On October 27, 2025, amendments to Delaware’s Medical Debt Protection Act took effect, establishing a total ban on the inclusion of medical debt in consumer credit reports. The amendments, enacted ...

Elon Musk, who will have a role in the Trump administration to shrink government, tweeted "Delete CFPB" — that is the watchdog agency that has been working to protect people from medical debt. (Getty ...

On Day 13 of Lawmakers, Rep. Lisa Campbell outlines her medical debt protection act. Plus, Rep. Carter Barrett discusses ways to improve the legitimation process for biological fathers. And Rep.

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A new state law preventing medical debt from appearing in a consumer credit report officially took effect on Oct. 27. First signed into law by Gov. Matt Meyer this past July, the Medical Debt ...

With the Trump administration scaling back federal efforts to protect Americans from medical bills they can't pay, advocates for patients and consumers have shifted their work to contain the nation's ...