The impact of this type of debt can be more than financial, though. Medical debt often hits during a time of personal crisis ...

From financial aid to forgiveness programs and more, experts share how Long Islanders can get real help with medical debt.

Struggling with medical bills? Here's how to qualify for forgiveness (and what to do if you don't meet the criteria).

The CFPB had moved to protect credit scores from medical debt, but is now reversing course. Plus: Trump's spending bill heads ...

An effort to clear medical debt from people’s credit reports has lost its primary supporter, making the rule far more likely ...

The three-year-old program has relieved the most debt for people on Chicago's South and West sides and in the south and west ...

Getting sick is hard enough — but the medical bills that follow can be just as painful. Which is why years ago, Cook County ...

The three-year-old program has relieved the most debt for people on Chicago's South and West sides and in the south and west ...

Gary Saling is working to pay off $80,000 in medical bills left from his late wife Carol's battle with sundowner syndrome, a ...

But legislators have also been making changes. In January, an Illinois law went into effect forbidding credit bureaus from ...